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Noun: points- Railway track having two movable rails and necessary connections; used to turn a train from one track to another or to store rolling stock
- switch [N. Amer] Noun: point poynt- A geometric element that has position but no extension
"a point is defined by its coordinates" - The precise location of something; a spatially limited location
"she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" - A brief version of the essential meaning of something
"get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point" - An isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
"a point of information" - detail, item - A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- degree, level, stage - An instant of time
"at that point I had to leave" - point in time - The object of an activity
"what is the point of discussing it?" - A V shape
"the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" - tip, peak - A very small circular shape
"a row of points" - dot - The unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
"he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points" - A promontory extending out into a large body of water
"they sailed south around the point" - A distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
"the main point on the agenda was taken up first" - item - A style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- An outstanding characteristic
"his acting was one of the high points of the movie" - spot - Sharp end
"he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" - Any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
"he checked the point on his compass" - compass point - A linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
- One 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 loan
- A punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
- period, full stop, stop, full point - A V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
"the point of the arrow was due north" - head - The dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- decimal point, percentage point - The property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- pointedness - A distinguishing or individuating characteristic
"he knows my bad points as well as my good points" - The gun muzzle's direction
"he held me up at the point of a gun" - gunpoint - [Brit] A wall socket
- power point [Brit] - A contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
- distributor point, breaker point Verb: point poynt- Indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
"He pointed to the empty parking space" - indicate, designate, show - Be oriented
"The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward" - orient - Direct into a position for use
"point a gun" - charge, level - Direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- steer, maneuver [US], manoeuver [non-standard], manoeuvre [Brit, Cdn], direct, head, guide, channelize, channelise [Brit] - Be a signal for or a symptom of
"Her behaviour points to a severe neurosis" - bespeak, betoken [archaic], indicate, signal - Sail close to the wind
- luff - Mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- Mark with diacritics
"point the letter" - Mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- Be positionable in a specified manner
"The gun points with ease" - Intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- target, aim, place, direct - Indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
"the dog pointed the dead duck" - Give a point to
- sharpen, taper - Repair the joints of bricks
"point a chimney" - repoint
Derived forms: pointses See also: pointer, point-of-sale, sharp-pointed Type of: aim, amount, be, bushel [US], change form, change shape, characteristic, command, component, component part, constituent, contact, control, convex shape, convexity, deform, direct, direction, disc, disk [N. Amer], doctor, electric outlet, electric receptacle, electrical outlet, element, end, fact, factor, fix, foreland, furbish up, gun muzzle, head, headland, import, inform, ingredient, label, lie, linear measure, linear unit, loan, location, mark, mathematical notation, meaning, measure, mend, muzzle, object, objective, outlet, part, portion, promontory, punctuation, punctuation mark, quantity, railroad [N. Amer], railroad track [N. Amer], railway [Brit, Cdn], railway track [Brit, Cdn], relevance, relevancy, repair, restore, sail, saucer, significance, signification, state, tag, take, take aim, tangency, taper, target, tell, terminal, touch on, train, unit, unit of measurement, wall plug, wall socket Part of: alpenstock, arrow, arrowhead, awl, blade, brand, cone, cone shape, conoid, distributer, distributor, electrical distributor, em, ice pick, icepick, knife, list, listing, needle, pencil, pica, pica em, pin, pointer, score, steel, sword Encyclopedia: Point, Outer Hebrides Point Point, Texas Point, TX Points Points, WV Points, West Virginia |