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Angeln — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • angle noun The space between two lines or surfaces that meet at a point, measured in degrees.
  • Anglia name The Latin and historical name for England, surviving in terms like East Anglia.
  • angling noun The sport or activity of fishing with a rod, line, and hook.
  • fish noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
  • grapple verb To struggle hard with a difficult problem or situation.

Senses

Angeln is used for these senses in English:

  • Anglia A region of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
  • angle (intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
  • angling A form of fishing, with a rod, line and angle (hook) for recreation or sport.
  • fish (intransitive, transitive) To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.
  • grapple (intransitive) To use a grapple (for example to attempt to find, hook, and raise a net or cable).

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.

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