verb
- Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively.
- usage: "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
- Be oriented.
- usage: "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"
- Direct into a position for use.
- usage: "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
- Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling.
- synonyms: steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise
- Be a signal for or a symptom of.
- usage: "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
- Sail close to the wind.
- Mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics.
- synonyms: point
- Mark with diacritics.
- usage: "point the letter"
- synonyms: point
- Mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes.
- synonyms: point
- Be positionable in a specified manner.
- usage: "The gun points with ease"
- synonyms: point
- Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal.
- usage: "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
- Indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle.
- usage: "the dog pointed the dead duck"
- synonyms: point
- Give a point to.
- usage: "The candles are tapered"
- Repair the joints of bricks.
- usage: "point a chimney"
adjective
- Having a point.
- Direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant.
- usage: "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction"
WordNet 3.0 © 2006 by Princeton University
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