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/pˈɔɪntəd/ /pˈɔɪnəd/ /pˈɔɪntɪd/ Listen  verb Point v. t. & v. i. To appoint. (Obs.)
Point v. t. (past & past part. pointed; pres. part. pointing) 1.To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end; as, to point a dart, or a pencil. Used also figuratively; as, to point a moral. 2.To direct toward an abject; to aim; as, to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort. 3.Hence, to direct the attention or notice of. "Whosoever should be guided through his battles by Minerva, and pointed to every scene of them." 4.To supply with punctuation marks; to punctuate; as, to point a composition. 5.To mark (a text, as in Arabic or Hebrew) with vowel points; also called vocalize. Synonyms: vocalize. 6.To give particular prominence to; to designate in a special manner; to indicate, as if by pointing; as, the error was pointed out. "He points it, however, by no deviation from his straightforward manner of speech." 7.To indicate or discover by a fixed look, as game. 8.(Masonry) To fill up and finish the joints of (a wall), by introducing additional cement or mortar, and bringing it to a smooth surface. 9.(Stone Cutting) To cut, as a surface, with a pointed tool. To point a rope (Naut.), to taper and neatly finish off the end by interweaving the nettles. To point a sail (Naut.), to affix points through the eyelet holes of the reefs. To point off, to divide into periods or groups, or to separate, by pointing, as figures. To point the yards (of a vessel) (Naut.), to brace them so that the wind shall strike the sails obliquely.
Point v. i. 1.To direct the point of something, as of a finger, for the purpose of designating an object, and attracting attention to it; with at. "Now must the world point at poor Katharine." "Point at the tattered coat and ragged shoe." 2.To indicate the presence of game by fixed and steady look, as certain hunting dogs do. "He treads with caution, and he points with fear." 3.(Med.) To approximate to the surface; to head; said of an abscess. To point at, to treat with scorn or contempt by pointing or directing attention to. To point well (Naut.), to sail close to the wind; said of a vessel.
adjective Pointed adj. 1.Sharp; having a sharp point; as, a pointed rock. 2.Characterized by sharpness, directness, or pithiness of expression; terse; epigrammatic; especially, directed to a particular person or thing. "His moral pleases, not his pointed wit." Pointed arch (Arch.), an arch with a pointed crown. Pointed style (Arch.), a name given to that style of architecture in which the pointed arch is the predominant feature; more commonly called Gothic.
Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48
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