angel

Forms

1.An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
- The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale.
- There seemed to be girls sitting on top of them, or maybe they were meant to be angels. Angels are usually represented as wearing more than that, though.
2.An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.(slang)
- And even now part of me flies over Dresden at angels one five; / Though they’ll never fathom it, behind my sarcasm desperate memories lie.
3.An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.(colloquial)
4.A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
- Thanks for making me breakfast in bed, you little angel.
- Michael Brown, 18, due to be buried on Monday, was no angel, with public records and interviews with friends and family revealing both problems and promise in his young life.

1.To support by donating money.(slang)
- Six years ago, he lost $20,000 in the first show he angelled, a turkey called Dance Night.
- You've got to come to Chicago to meet Duell, and see Wilson, who's going to angel the show.