Angel — meaning in English

English meaning

• angle noun The space between two lines or surfaces that meet at a point, measured in degrees.
• hinge noun A jointed device that lets a door, lid, or gate swing open and closed.
• pivot noun A central point or shaft on which something turns or balances.
• pivotal adj Extremely important; central to how something turns out.
• rod noun A straight, thin bar, stick, or pole made of wood, metal, or similar material.
• tackle verb To confront and deal with a difficult problem or task head-on.
• tang noun A sharp, distinctive taste or smell.

Senses

Angel is used for these senses in English:

• Angle (historical) A member of a Germanic tribe first mentioned by Tacitus, one of several which invaded Britain and merged to become the Anglo-Saxons; an Anglian.
• fishing rod A rod, often made in sections, which carries a line used for angling and is used to support both the line and the reel and to cast the line.
• hinge A jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door etc.
• pivotal Being of crucial importance; central, key.
• rod An implement held vertically and viewed through an optical surveying instrument such as a transit, used to measure distance in land surveying and construction layout; an engineer's rod, surveyor's rod, surveying rod, leveling rod, ranging rod. The modern (US) engineer's or surveyor's rod commonly is eight or ten feet long and often designed to extend higher. In former times a surveyor's rod often was a single wooden pole or composed of multiple sectioned and socketed pieces, and besides serving as a sighting target was used to measure distance on the ground horizontally, hence for convenience was of one rod or pole in length, that is, 5+1⁄2 yards.
• tackle (fishing, uncountable) Equipment (rod, reel, line, lure, etc.) used when angling.
• tang The part of a knife, fork, file, or other instrument or hand tool, which is inserted into the handle.

angle — full definition

1. noun The space between two lines or surfaces that meet at a point, measured in degrees.
2. noun A particular way of looking at or approaching a situation, especially in a story or argument.
3. verb To present something from a particular point of view, often to favor one side.
4. verb To fish with a hook and line.

hinge — full definition

1. noun A jointed device that lets a door, lid, or gate swing open and closed.
2. noun A key point on which something else depends.
3. verb To depend entirely on something.

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