Word Finder - pointed

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To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.

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It's rude to point at other people.

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To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.

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The arrow of a compass points north

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To face in a particular direction.

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(sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.

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to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort

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To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.

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to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral

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To indicate a probability of something.

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To repair mortar.

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To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.

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(stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.

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To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.

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If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator.

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To separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.

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To mark with diacritics.

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To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.

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to point a composition

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To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.

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To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.

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To sail close to the wind.

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Bear off a little, we're pointing.

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To indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.

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(of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.

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To give point to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.

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To appoint.

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Sharp, barbed; not dull.

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The warrior brandished a pointed spear.

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In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.

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The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat.

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(of a comment or inference) Directed negatively at a person or topic.

He pointed to a blossoming rainbow.

She needs certain facts pointed out to her.

He pointed to his watch.

Alex pointed the rifle into the air and fired twice.

Alex pointed at a white horse prancing along the fence.

As he had pointed out, it wasn't as if she had much of a choice.

Molly woke me with a rib crushing hug as she pointed to a single star-like dot of light gloriously hanging above us!

They were pointed out.

Giddon swung his arm out and pointed to a patch of flowers.

The store front he pointed out was boarded up.

Alex turned to Jonathan and pointed at him, then drew a cupped hand down his chest, thumb and fingers toward him.

She pointed to the two young men, almost unrecognizable in their ponderous gear of boots, rubber coat, and visored helmet.

Meanwhile the staff officer standing in front pointed out something to the general, who looked through his field glass.

Prince Bolkonski sat down in his usual place in the corner of the sofa and, drawing up an armchair for Prince Vasili, pointed to it and began questioning him about political affairs and news.

The insult was the more pointed because it concerned not himself but another, his daughter, whom he loved more than himself.

The Tsar's foot, in the narrow pointed boot then fashionable, touched the groin of the bobtailed bay mare he rode, his hand in a white glove gathered up the reins, and he moved off accompanied by an irregularly swaying sea of aides-de-camp.

Rostov rode in the direction pointed out to him, in which he saw turrets and a church.

The bandage was taken off his eyes and, by the faint light of the burning spirit, Pierre, as in a dream, saw several men standing before him, wearing aprons like the Rhetor's and holding swords in their hands pointed at his breast.

On earth, here on this earth" (Pierre pointed to the fields), "there is no truth, all is false and evil; but in the universe, in the whole universe there is a kingdom of truth, and we who are now the children of earth are--eternally--children of the whole universe.

Only we two, Makeev and I" (he pointed to the assistant), "keep on here.

My benefactor then explained to me fully the meaning of the Great Square of creation and pointed out to me that the numbers three and seven are the basis of everything.

The count, laughing, nudged the blushing Sonya and pointed to her former adorer.

He pointed to the two peasants who kept as close to him as horseflies to a horse.

Tammy turned around and pointed at the cake.

The two women laughed and pointed at her shirt.

Martha's voice dropped to a whisper as she pointed to a rickety staircase.

He did so, and then pointed out the location of where he'd seen people, cars, the two horses and the wagon.

Which means this could be your doing, Gabriel pointed out.

She pointed and started forward.

Dean pointed out the peaks that ringed them; Cirque and Teakettle Mountains, and Potosi Peak, all over 13,000 feet, and Mount Sneffles, standing tall beyond the others, stretching 14,150 feet to the sky.

She stepped back as Jennifer Radisson pointed her camera at Faust and his Jeep—and the blue sweater—and snapped a picture.

With his hands free, he unfastened the larger flashlight and pointed it downward, trying to find a path level enough to search further, now absent the security of the totally expended rope.

Dean had run Fred's prints, but as Fred pointed out, it had been many years ago.

He continued to hold it but pointed it downward.

It should be added that Professor Elliot Smith has pointed out a certain peculiarity in its commissures whereby the brain of the diprotodonts differs markedly from that of the polyprotodonts From Flower, Quart.

As I have pointed out, technology may in fact have limits, but we do not know what they are.

Very soon the green, pointed buds showed signs of opening.

Suddenly Mildred pointed with her little hand and exclaimed, "There's the trestle!"

I could not follow with my eyes the geometrical figures drawn on the blackboard, and my only means of getting a clear idea of them was to make them on a cushion with straight and curved wires, which had bent and pointed ends.

Already she began to see quite plainly the little elves in their tall pointed hats, dancing down the dusky alleys, and peeping from between the bushes, and they seemed to come nearer and nearer; and she stretched her hands up towards the tree in which the doll sat and they laughed, and pointed their fingers at her.

She imitated them very well and pointed to the doll.

She pointed down, meaning that the doll was downstairs.

Then she dropped on the ground and asked for its name and pointed to the pump and the trellis, and suddenly turning round she asked for my name.

Just then the nurse brought Helen's little sister into the pump-house, and Helen spelled "baby" and pointed to the nurse.

Finding no trace of the cracker there, she pointed to my stomach and spelled "eat," meaning, "Did you eat it?"

Helen went to the cradle and felt of Mildred's mouth and pointed to her own teeth.

She pointed to each puppy, one after another, and to her five fingers, and I taught her the word FIVE.

Just see how these nestlings are growing up, and she pointed to the girls.

Anna Mikhaylovna looked attentively at the sick man's eyes, trying to guess what he wanted; she pointed first to Pierre, then to some drink, then named Prince Vasili in an inquiring whisper, then pointed to the quilt.

His landlord, who in a waistcoat and a pointed cap, pitchfork in hand, was clearing manure from the cowhouse, looked out, and his face immediately brightened on seeing Rostov.