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1.nounA discrete division of something.
2.nounA sharp extremity.
3.nounOne of the several different parts of the escutcheon.
4.nounA short piece of cordage used in reefing sails.
5.nounA string or lace used to tie together certain garments.
6.nounLace worked by the needle."point de Venise; Brussels point"
7.nounAn item of private information; a hint; a tip; a pointer.
8.nounThe attitude assumed by a pointer dog when he finds game."The dog came to a point."
9.nounThe perpendicular rising of a hawk over the place where its prey has gone into cover.
10.nounThe act of pointing, as of the foot downward in certain dance positions.
11.nounThe gesture of extending the index finger in a direction in order to indicate something.
12.nounA vaccine point.
13.nounIn various sports, a position of a certain player, or, by extension, the player occupying that position.
14.verbTo extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it."It's rude to point at other people."
15.verbTo draw attention to something or indicate a direction."The arrow of a compass points north"
16.verbTo face in a particular direction.
17.verb(sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim."to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort"
18.verbTo give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end."to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral"
19.verbTo indicate a probability of something.
20.verbTo repair mortar.
21.verbTo fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface.
22.verb(stone-cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool.
23.verbTo direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction."If he asks for food, point him toward the refrigerator."
24.verbTo separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
25.verbTo mark with diacritics.
26.verbTo supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate."to point a composition"
27.verbTo direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
28.verbTo direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
29.verbTo sail close to the wind."Bear off a little, we're pointing."
30.verbTo indicate the presence of game by a fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do.
31.verb(of an abscess) To approximate to the surface; to head.
32.verbTo give point to (something said or done); to give particular prominence or force to.
33.verbTo appoint.
34.nounMovable rails which can be used to switch a train from one railway track to another.
35.nounThe 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.