pointing

/ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ · verb

Meaning

To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
To face in a particular direction.
(sometimes figurative) To direct toward an object; to aim.
To give a point to; to sharpen; to cut, forge, grind, or file to an acute end.
To indicate a probability of something.
To appoint.
The action of the verb to point.
(usually singular or collective, sometimes proscribed) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together.
The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
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.

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