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Adjective pointed has 2 senses
- pointed - having a point
Antonyms: pointless, unpointed, blunt
- pointed - direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction"
Antonym: indirect (indirect, via direct)
Verb point has 13 senses
- indicate, point, show - indicate 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"
--1 is one way to inform
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
- orient, point - be oriented; "The weather vane points North"
--2 is one way to lie
Sample sentence:
Something is ----ing PP
- charge, level, point - direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
--3 is one way to aim, take, train, take aim, direct
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
- steer, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, direct, point, head, guide, channelize, channelise - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
--4 is one way to control, command
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
- bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal - be 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"
--5 is one way to tell
Sample sentences:
Something ----s something
=> Something is ----ing PP
- luff, point - sail close to the wind
--6 is one way to sail
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
- point - mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
--7 is one way to tag, label, mark
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- point - mark with diacritics; "point the letter"
--8 is one way to tag, label, mark
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- point - mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
--9 is one way to tag, label, mark
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- point - be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease"
--10 is one way to be
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Something ----s Adjective/Noun
- target, aim, place, direct, point - intend (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"
--11 is one way to aim, take, train, take aim, direct
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
=> Somebody ----s PP
- sharpen, taper, point - give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
--12 is one way to change shape, change form, deform
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
- point, repoint - repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney"
--13 is one way to repair, mend, fix, bushel, doctor, furbish up, restore, touch on
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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