angled

[ ang-guhld ]

adjective

1. having an angle or angles.
2. Heraldry.
   1. noting an interrupted partition line having the two parts offset and a line at right angles connecting them.
   2. (of an ordinary) having an edge or edges so formed.

Word History and Origins

Origin of angled¹

First recorded in 1565–75; angle ¹ + -ed ³

Example Sentences

Koroyd, which makes a material found in some Endura and Smith helmets, says its product “is able to reduce the rotation motion which your brain could endure as a result of an angled impact.”

From Outside Online

The shovel blade has an angled ribbed pattern, which helps prevent snow from sticking to the shovel.

From Popular-Science

Now that Harden, Westbrook and Wall have all successfully angled to be traded while on supermax contracts, future stars can sign long-term contracts without fear of being trapped in a situation that isn’t to their liking.

From Washington Post

It is angled to fit the natural curve of the lower back with 360 degrees of swivel and between 90-120 degrees of rocking room.

From Popular-Science

The mesh shelves can be angled to support multiple books and magazines or they can be installed flat.

From Popular-Science

Nobody else thought that his patch, on a 60-degree angled slope, was viable as a vineyard.

From The Daily Beast

The screen was angled in such a way that the audience could watch Tupac performing but could not see the screen itself.

From The Daily Beast

Then, Tatos changed his name to Tom, and the family angled into the meatpacking business.

From The Daily Beast

He had a work table that was angled up, and I saw a Sunday panel in progress.

From The Daily Beast

The handwriting on the short note is a combination of odd angled block letters and an unreadable signature.

From The Daily Beast

The prince had gestured to me when we had entered to a ledge that angled upward from the gully, and I knew now what he had meant.

From Project Gutenberg

His head angled into a long whiskered snout, so pointed that from above the shrew looked like a big pen.

From Project Gutenberg

Their sharply angled bodies whisking back toward the depleted uranium cells, four cats appeared with shocking suddenness.

From Project Gutenberg

Figure 61 represents a right-angled triangle, A and B forming a right angle.

From Project Gutenberg

Tube surface: Olive-yellow, becoming bluish where bruised; tube openings rather large, angled, and unequal in size.

From Project Gutenberg