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Pointing
/ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/
To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
📖 Definitions of "Pointing"
- 1
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."
- 2
To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
"The arrow of a compass points north"
- 3
To face in a particular direction.
- 4
(sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
"to point a gun at a wolf, or a cannon at a fort"
- 1
To appoint.
- 1
The action of the verb to point.
- 2
(usually singular or collective, sometimes proscribed) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together.
- 3
The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
- 4
The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
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