Meaning of point in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• A discrete division of something.

• A sharp extremity.

• One of the several different parts of the escutcheon.

• A short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.

• A string or lace used to tie together certain garments.

• Lace worked by the needle.

  Example: point de Venise; Brussels point

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

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

  Example: The dog came to a point.

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

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

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

• A vaccine point.

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

verb

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

  Example: It's rude to point at other people.

• To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.

  Example: The arrow of a compass points north

• To face in a particular direction.

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

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

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

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

• To indicate a probability of something.

• To repair mortar.

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

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

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

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

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

• To mark with diacritics.

• To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate.

  Example: to point a composition

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

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

• To sail close to the wind.

  Example: Bear off a little, we're pointing.

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

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

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

verb

• To appoint.