angle vs list

angle

verb
  • To place (something) at an angle. 

  • To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint. 

  • To change direction rapidly. 

  • To try to catch fish with a hook and line. 

  • To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing. 

  • To hamper (oneself or one's opponent) by leaving the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle") blocks the path from cue ball to object ball. 

noun
  • A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle). 

  • A change in direction. 

  • A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment. 

  • Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli. 

  • A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod. 

  • A corner where two walls intersect. 

  • A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud. 

  • Any of various hesperiid butterflies. 

  • The focus of a news story. 

  • The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere. 

  • An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral 

  • A viewpoint; a way of looking at something. 

list

verb
  • To cause (something) to tilt to one side. 

  • To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat. 

  • To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or to form a border. 

  • To give a building of architectural or historical interest listed status; see also the adjective listed. 

  • To create or recite a list. 

  • To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of. 

  • To plough and plant with a lister. 

  • To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list. 

  • To place in listings. 

  • To listen to. 

  • To listen. 

  • To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with a hoe. 

  • To tilt to one side. 

noun
  • Material used for cloth selvage. 

  • A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a board or plank. 

  • A careening or tilting to one side, usually not intentionally or under a vessel's own power. 

  • A little square moulding; a fillet or listel. 

  • The first thin coating of tin; a wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated. 

  • A tilt to a building. 

  • The barriers or palisades used to fence off a space for jousting or tilting tournaments. 

  • The scene of a military contest; the ground or field of combat; an enclosed space that serves as a battlefield; the site of a pitched battle. 

  • A register or roll of paper consisting of a compilation or enumeration of a set of possible items; the compilation or enumeration itself. 

  • A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker. 

  • A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth. 

  • A codified representation of a list used to store data or in processing; especially, in the Lisp programming language, a data structure consisting of a sequence of zero or more items. 

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