Real Dictionary

angle
countable noun: An angle is the difference in direction between two lines or surfaces. Angles are measured in degrees.
countable noun: An angle is the direction from which you look at something.
countable noun: An angle is the shape that is created where two lines or surfaces join together.

Angle in American English
a member of a Germanic people of the northern lowlands that settled in eastern England in the 5th cent. a.d.: the name England is from Englaland (land of the Angles), and English is from Englisc (of the Angles)
noun: a member of a West Germanic people that migrated from Sleswick to Britain in the 5th century a.d. and founded the kingdoms of East Anglia, Mercia, and Northumbria. As early as the 6th century their name was extended to all the Germanic inhabitants of Brit

angle in American English 1
the shape made by two straight lines meeting at a common point, the vertex, or by two planes meeting along an edge
noun: the space within two lines or three or more planes diverging from a common point, or within two planes diverging from a common line

angle in American English 2
to fish with a hook and line
intransitive verb: to fish with hook and line
noun: a fishhook or fishing tackle

Angle in British English
noun: a member of a West Germanic people from N Germany who invaded and settled large parts of E and N England in the 5th and 6th centuries ad

angle in British English 1
noun: the space between two straight lines that diverge from a common point or between two planes that extend from a common line

angle in British English 2
to fish with a hook and line
noun: any piece of fishing tackle, esp a hook