Point

point
noun1a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates"2the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"3a brief version of the essential meaning of something; "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point"4an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"[syn: detail]5a 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?"[syn: degree]6an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave"7the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?"8a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"9a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"10the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points"11a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point"12a 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"[syn: item]13a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect14an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"15sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"16any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass"[syn: compass point]17a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch18one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan19a 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"[syn: period]20a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north"21the dot at the left of a decimal fraction[syn: decimal point]22the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip[ant: unpointedness]23a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"24the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun"25a wall socket26a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs[syn: distributor point]
verb1indicate 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"[syn: indicate]2be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"[syn: orient]3direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"[syn: charge]4direct the course; determine the direction of travelling5be 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"[syn: bespeak]6sail close to the wind[syn: luff]7mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics8mark with diacritics; "point the letter"9mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes10be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease"11intend (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"[syn: target]12indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle; "the dog pointed the dead duck"13give a point to; "The candles are tapered"[syn: sharpen]14repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney"