Pointing
/ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:11 ptsWWF:15 pts8 letters
Definition of Pointing
verb
- To 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."
- To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
"The arrow of a compass points north"
- To face in a particular direction.
- (sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
"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.
"to point a dart, a pencil, or (figuratively) a moral"
verb
- To appoint.
noun
- The action of the verb to point.
- (usually singular or collective, sometimes proscribed) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together.
- The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
- The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
- 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.
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