pointing Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. verb indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
    show; indicate; designate; point.
    • I showed the customer the glove section
    • He pointed to the empty parking space
    • he indicated his opponents
  2. verb be oriented
    orient; point.
    • The weather vane points North
    • the dancers toes pointed outward
  3. verb direct into a position for use
    charge; point; level.
    • point a gun
    • He charged his weapon at me
  4. verb direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
    maneuver; head; point; direct; guide; channelise; manoeuvre; channelize; manoeuver; steer.
  5. verb be a signal for or a symptom of
    bespeak; indicate; signal; betoken; point.
    • These symptoms indicate a serious illness
    • Her behavior points to a severe neurosis
    • The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued
  6. verb sail close to the wind
    luff; point.
  7. verb mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
    point.
  8. verb mark with diacritics
    point.
    • point the letter
  9. verb mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
    point.
  10. verb be positionable in a specified manner
    point.
    • The gun points with ease
  11. verb intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
    aim; point; place; target; direct.
    • He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face
    • criticism directed at her superior
    • direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself
  12. verb indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
    point.
    • the dog pointed the dead duck
  13. verb give a point to
    sharpen; point; taper.
    • The candles are tapered
  14. verb repair the joints of bricks
    repoint; point.
    • point a chimney

WordNet

Point"ing noun
Definitions
  1. The act of sharpening.
  2. The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.
  3. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
  4. The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.
  5. The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
  6. (Sculpt.) 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.

Webster 1913