angle-v; 4 Senses

Sense Number 1: Move or proceed at an angle.

Commentary:
NOTE: Denotes movement along a PATH.

Examples:
He angled his way into the room.
The group angled across the meadow.
The dog angled for the door.

Mappings:
VerbNet: meander-47.7
FrameNet: Motion_directional
PropBank: angle.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1

Sense Number 2: Incline or bend; changle configuration.

Examples:
She angled the lens to get a wide shot.
She angled over the banister.
The dancers angled toward the ground.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: Path_shape
PropBank: angle.02
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 2

Sense Number 3: Fish for, perhaps metaphorically.

Examples:
She angled for compliments.
The boat trip angled all day.
He angles for women every night.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 4

Sense Number 4: Present information in a biased way.

Examples:
We have to figure out how to angle the presentation.
Newscasters angled the story to make him look bad.
We shouldn't have angled the news that way.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NM
PropBank: NM
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 5