pointing

n. indicating, instance of pointing out; heading, direction

v. indicate; emphasize; sharpen; direct

Pointing can be:Pointing or Repointing, part of Stonemasonry or masonryPointing, the gestureThe process of adding vowel points: niqqud for Hebrew; harakat for ArabicRicky Ponting, Australian cricket team captain.
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Adjective
1. that points
(participle) indicate, point, show

Noun
1. a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates"
(hypernym) component, constituent, element, factor, ingredient
(hyponym) attractor, attracter
2. the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
(hypernym) location
(hyponym) punctum
3. a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point"
(hypernym) meaning, significance, signification, import
(hyponym) bottom line
4. a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
(synonym) degree, level, stage
(hypernym) state
(hyponym) ladder
5. an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
(synonym) detail, item
(hypernym) fact
(hyponym) minutia
6. an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave"
(synonym) point in time
(hypernym) measure, quantity, amount
(hyponym) distance
7. the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?"
(hypernym) aim, object, objective, target
8. a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
(synonym) tip, peak
(hypernym) convex shape, convexity
(hyponym) widow's peak
(part-holonym) cone, conoid, cone shape
(derivation) sharpen, taper
9. a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"
(synonym) dot
(hypernym) disk, disc, saucer
10. the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points"
(hypernym) unit of measurement, unit
(hyponym) advantage
(part-holonym) score
11. a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point"
(hypernym) promontory, headland, foreland
12. a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list; "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"
(synonym) item
(hypernym) part, portion, component part, component
(hyponym) agenda item
(part-holonym) list, listing
13. a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
(hypernym) relevance, relevancy
14. an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
(synonym) spot
(hypernym) characteristic
15. sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
(hypernym) end
(hyponym) arrowhead
(part-holonym) awl
(derivation) sharpen, taper
16. any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass"
(synonym) compass point
(hypernym) direction
(hyponym) cardinal compass point
17. a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
(hypernym) linear unit
(part-holonym) em, pica em, pica
18. a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations; "in England they call a period a stop"
(synonym) period, full stop, stop, full point
(hypernym) punctuation, punctuation mark
(hyponym) suspension point
19. a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north"
(synonym) head
(hypernym) mark
(part-holonym) arrow, pointer
20. the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point
(synonym) pointedness
(hypernym) taper
(derivation) sharpen, taper
21. a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"
(hypernym) characteristic
(hyponym) selling point
22. the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun"
(synonym) gunpoint
(hypernym) gun muzzle, muzzle
23. a wall socket
(synonym) power point
(hypernym) wall socket, wall plug, electric outlet, electrical outlet, outlet, electric receptacle
(classification) United Kingdom, UK, Great Britain, GB, Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
24. a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs
(synonym) distributor point, breaker point
(hypernym) contact, tangency
(part-holonym) distributor, distributer, electrical distributor
Verb
1. indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
(synonym) indicate, show
(hypernym) inform
(hyponym) finger
(derivation) arrow, pointer
2. be oriented; "The weather vane points North"
(synonym) orient
(hypernym) lie
(derivation) arrow, pointer
3. direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
(synonym) charge, level
(hypernym) aim, take, train, take aim, direct
4. direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
(synonym) steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, head, guide, channelize, channelise
(hypernym) control, command
(hyponym) dock
(classification) driving
5. be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
(synonym) bespeak, betoken, indicate, signal
(hypernym) tell
(hyponym) bode, portend, auspicate, prognosticate, omen, presage, betoken, foreshadow, augur, foretell, prefigure, forecast, predict
6. sail close to the wind
(synonym) luff
(hypernym) sail
(classification) navigation, pilotage, piloting
7. mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
(hypernym) tag, label, mark
(derivation) period, full stop, stop, full point
8. mark with diacritics; "point the letter"
(hypernym) tag, label, mark
(derivation) period, full stop, stop, full point
9. mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
(hypernym) tag, label, mark
(derivation) period, full stop, stop, full point
10. be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease"
(hypernym) be
(verb-group) charge, level
(derivation) gunpoint
11. intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
(synonym) target, aim, place, direct
(hypernym) aim, take, train, take aim, direct
(hyponym) address
12. give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
(synonym) sharpen, taper
(hypernym) change shape, change form, deform
(hyponym) acuminate
(derivation) tip, peak
13. repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney"
(synonym) repoint
(hypernym) repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on

(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Point
  

(n.)
The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
  

(n.)
The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.
  

(n.)
The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
  

(n.)
The act of sharpening.
  

(n.)
The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.
  

(n.)
The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.
  

1. <unit, text> (Sometimes abbreviated "pt") The unit of length for text characters. There are six slightly different definitions: Truchet point, Didot point, ATA point, TeX point, Postscript point, and IN point.
The most commonly used are ATA in the USA and Didot in Europe.
A twip is 1/20 of a PostScript[?] point.
Different point systems.
(2002-03-10)
2. To move a pointing device so that the on-screen pointer is positioned over a certain object on the screen such as a button in a graphical user interface. In most window systems it is then necessary to click a (physical) button on the pointing device to activate or select the object. In some systems, just pointing to an object is known as "mouse-over" event which may cause some help text (called a "tool tip" in Windows) to be displayed.
(2001-05-21)