pointing

point[ 'p?inti? ]

• n.
  • a geometric element that has position but no extension

    "a point is defined by its coordinates"

  • the precise location of something; a spatially limited location

    "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"

  • a brief version of the essential meaning of something

    "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point"

  • a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

    同义词：degreelevelstage

  • an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

    "a point of information"

    同义词：detailitem

  • an instant of time

    "at that point I had to leave"

    同义词：point in time

  • the object of an activity

    "what is the point of discussing it?"

  • a V shape

    "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"

    同义词：tippeak

  • a very small circular shape

    "a row of points"

    同义词：dot

  • the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest

    "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points"

  • a promontory extending out into a large body of water

    "they sailed south around the point"

  • a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

    "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"

    同义词：item

  • a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
  • an outstanding characteristic

    "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"

    同义词：spot

  • sharp end

    "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"

  • any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass

    "he checked the point on his compass"

    同义词：compass point

  • a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
  • a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

    同义词：periodfull stopstopfull point

  • a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

    "the point of the arrow was due north"

    同义词：head

  • the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip

    同义词：pointedness

  • a distinguishing or individuating characteristic

    "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"

  • the gun muzzle's direction

    "he held me up at the point of a gun"

    同义词：gunpoint

  • a wall socket

    同义词：power point

  • a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs

    同义词：distributor pointbreaker point

• v.
  • indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

    "He pointed to the empty parking space"

    同义词：indicateshow

  • be oriented

    "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"

    同义词：orient

  • direct into a position for use

    "point a gun"

    同义词：chargelevel

  • direct the course; determine the direction of travelling

    同义词：steermaneuvermanoeuvermanoeuvredirectheadguidechannelizechannelise

  • be a signal for or a symptom of

    "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"

    同义词：bespeakbetokenindicatesignal

  • sail close to the wind

    同义词：luff

  • mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
  • mark with diacritics

    "point the letter"

  • mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
  • be positionable in a specified manner

    "The gun points with ease"

  • intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

    同义词：targetaimplacedirect

  • give a point to

    同义词：sharpentaper

  • repair the joints of bricks

    "point a chimney"

    同义词：repoint