Word Finder - points

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A discrete division of something.

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A sharp extremity.

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One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.

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A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.

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A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.

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Lace worked by the needle.

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point de Venise; Brussels point

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An item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.

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The attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game.

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The dog came to a point.

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The perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.

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The act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.

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The gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.

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A vaccine point.

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In various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.

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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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Movable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.

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The two metal surfaces in a distributor which close or open to allow current to flow or not through the ignition coil. Each surface is called a point singular (there's usually a moving point which is pushed by the distributor cam and a fixed point which isn't), but they're made together in a unit and serviced or replaced that way and are hence normally called points plural.