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noun
verb
- To point out.
- To decide that, to discover that, to form the opinion that.
- To successfully pass to or shoot the ball into.
- To discover game.
- To discover by study or experiment direct to an object or end.
- To encounter or discover something being searched for; to locate.
- To arrive at, as a conclusion; to determine as true; to establish.
- To determine or judge.
- To attain to; to arrive at; to acquire.
- To encounter or discover by accident; to happen upon.
- Locate on behalf of another
- To gain, as the object of desire or effort.
noun
verb
- give a point to
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- be oriented
- direct into a position for use
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- sail close to the wind
- mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
- mark with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
- be positionable in a specified manner
- intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
- indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
- repair the joints of bricks
noun
- a geometric element that has position but no extension
- the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
- a brief version of the essential meaning of something
- an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
- a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
- an instant of time
- the object of an activity
- a V shape
- a very small circular shape
- the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
- a promontory extending out into a large body of water
- a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list
- a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
- an outstanding characteristic
- sharp end
- any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
- 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
- a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
- the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
- the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
- a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
- the gun muzzle's direction
- a wall socket
- a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
verb
noun
verb
- To aim at a point or mark.
- To fix by the point; to attach or hang by puncturing.
- To incite, stimulate, goad.
- To shoot without killing.
- To make acidic or pungent.
- To drive a nail into (a horse's foot), so as to cause lameness.
- To affect with sharp pain; to sting, as with remorse.
- To become sharp or acid; to turn sour, as wine.
- To pierce or puncture slightly.
- To make or become sharp; to erect into a point; to raise, as something pointed; said especially of the ears of an animal, such as a horse or dog; and usually followed by up.
- To form by piercing or puncturing.
- To mark the surface of (something) with pricks or dots; especially, to trace a ship’s course on (a chart).
- Usually in the form prick out: to plant (seeds or seedlings) in holes made in soil at regular intervals.
noun
- An indentation or small mark made with a pointed object.
- A small pointed object.
- The experience or feeling of being pierced or punctured by a small, sharp object.
- The footprint of a hare.
- The penis.
- Someone (especially a man or boy) who is unpleasant, rude or annoying.
- A small roll of yarn or tobacco.
- A feeling of remorse.
- A small hole or perforation, caused by piercing.
noun
verb
- To point; to aim.
- To take a position; to come or go.
- To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
- To have sex with.
- To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- To produce and deposit an egg.
- To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To apply; to put.
- To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- To bet (that something is or is not the case).
- To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
- To present or offer.
- simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position.
- To state; to allege.
- To impute; to charge; to allege.
- To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
- To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
- To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
noun
- The direction a rope is twisted.
- A casual sexual partner.
- A lake.
- A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
- What was I, just another lay you can toss aside as you go on to your next conquest?
- Arrangement or relationship; layout.
- An act of sexual intercourse.
- A share of the profits in a business.
- A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
- The laying of eggs.
adj
verb
- cause to point inward
- grow out of, have roots in, originate in
- stop the flow of a liquid
- remove the stem from
noun
- (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed
- a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ
- cylinder forming a long narrow part of something
- the tube of a tobacco pipe
- front part of a vessel or aircraft
- a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it
noun
- A sharp point or pointed end.
- A point made by the intersection of two curved lines or curved structures, a common motif in Gothic architecture.
- Any of the pointed parts of a canine tooth or molar.
- A point of transition.
- A flap of a valve of a heart or blood vessel.
- A boundary between zodiacal signs and houses.
- A point of a curve where the curve is continuous but has no derivative, but such that it has a derivative at every nearby point.
- An important moment when a decision is made that will determine future events.
verb
verb
- aim, point, or direct
- cause to continue in a certain state, position, or activity
- have or hold in one's hands or grip
- organize or be responsible for
- have or possess, either in a concrete or an abstract sense
- keep in mind or convey as a conviction or view
- maintain (a theory, thoughts, or feelings)
- to close within bounds, or otherwise limit or deprive of free movement
- secure and keep for possible future use or application
- have rightfully; of rights, titles, and offices
- be the physical support of; carry the weight of
- contain or hold; have within
- have room for; hold without crowding
- remain in a certain state, position, or condition
- support or hold in a certain manner
- be valid, applicable, or true
- assert or affirm
- have as a major characteristic
- be capable of holding or containing
- arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance
- protect against a challenge or attack
- bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted
- hold the attention of
- remain committed to
- resist or confront with resistance
- be pertinent or relevant or applicable
- stop dealing with
- lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
- keep from departing
- take and maintain control over, often by violent means
- cause to come to an abrupt stop
- cover as for protection against noise or smell
- drink alcohol without showing ill effects
- declare to be
- be in accord; be in agreement
- keep from exhaling or expelling
noun
- the act of grasping
- understanding of the nature or meaning or quality or magnitude of something
- power by which something or someone is affected or dominated
- time during which some action is awaited
- a state of being confined (usually for a short time)
- a stronghold
- a cell in a jail or prison
- the appendage to an object that is designed to be held in order to use or move it
- the space in a ship or aircraft for storing cargo
verb
noun
- The whole numbers from 0 to 9 and the Arabic numerals representing them, which are combined to represent base-ten numbers.
- A narrow extremity of the human hand or foot: a finger, thumb, or toe.
- A distinct symbol representing one of an arithmetic progression of numbers between 0 and the radix.
- ¹⁄₁₂ the apparent diameter of the sun or moon, (chiefly) as a measure of the totality of an eclipse.
- A unit of length notionally based upon the width of an adult human finger, standardized differently in various places and times, (especially) the English digit of ¹⁄₁₆ foot, now equivalent to about 1.9 cm.
- Similar or similar-looking structures in other animals.
adv
noun
- A crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point.
- A traumatic or stressful change in a person's life.
- A sudden change in the course of a disease, usually at which point the patient is expected to either recover or die.
- A point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved.
- An unstable situation, in political, social, economic or military affairs, especially one involving an impending abrupt change.
noun
- A sharp point.
- One of a pair of elongated pointed teeth that extend outside the mouth of an animal such as walrus, elephant or wild boar, and which continue to grow throughout the animal's life.
- A tusk shell.
- A fish, the torsk (Brosme brosme).
- The share of a plough.
- A small projection on a (tusk) tenon.
- A projecting member like a tenon, and serving the same or a similar purpose, but composed of several steps, or offsets, called teeth.
verb
noun
- A critical stage or decisive point; a turning point.
- The period of life that leads up to and follows the end of menstruation in women; the menopause.
- A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place, calculated in different ways by different authorities (often identified as every seventh or ninth year).
adj
noun
- A favourable point or characteristic.
- A degree of comparison of adjectives and adverbs.
- A positive result of a test.
- An adjective or adverb in the positive degree.
- A positive image; one that displays true colors and shades, as opposed to a negative.
- A thing capable of being affirmed; something real or actual.
- Something having a positive value in physics, such as an electric charge.
- The positive plate of a voltaic or electrolytic cell.
adj
- Not negative or neutral.
- Stated definitively and without qualification.
- Describing the primary sense of an adjective, adverb or noun; not comparative, superlative, augmentative nor diminutive.
- Optimistic.
- Good, desirable, healthful, pleasant, enjoyable; (often precedes 'energy', 'thought', 'feeling' or 'emotion').
- Overconfident, dogmatic.
- Of a visual image, true to the original in light, shade and colour values.
- Of number, greater than zero.
- Having more protons than electrons.
- HIV positive.
- Characterized by constructiveness or influence for the better.
- Wholly what is expressed; colloquially downright, entire, outright.
- Characterized by the presence of features which support a hypothesis.
- Favorable, desirable by those interested or invested in that which is being judged.
- Formally laid down.
- Derived from an object by itself; not dependent on changing circumstances or relations.
- Characterized by the existence or presence of distinguishing qualities or features, rather than by their absence.
- electropositive
- Fully assured in opinion.
- Actual, real, concrete, not theoretical or speculative.
- Describing a verb that is not negated, especially in languages which have distinct positive and negative verb forms, e.g., Finnish.
- basic; metallic; not acid; opposed to negative, and said of metals, bases, and basic radicals.
noun
- The action of the verb to point.
- The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
- Mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together.
- 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.
- The filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar.
adv
- on or to the point aimed at
- at or to or in the direction of one's home or family
- to the fullest extent; to the heart
adj
adj
verb
noun
- where you live at a particular time
- housing that someone is living in
- the country or state or city where you live
- (baseball) base consisting of a rubber slab where the batter stands; it must be touched by a base runner in order to score
- the place where you are stationed and from which missions start and end
- place where something began and flourished
- an environment offering affection and security
- a social unit living together
- an institution where people are cared for
noun
- A critical point marking a change in course or development.
- The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
- A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.
- The time after which material of more adult nature (violence, swear words, sex) may be broadcast on television or radio, either one laid down by law or one contrived from convention (e.g. when children are not watching)
adj
noun
- a reference point to shoot at
- a person who is the aim of an attack (especially a victim of ridicule or exploitation) by some hostile person or influence
- the location of the target that is to be hit
- sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at
- the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable)
verb
noun
noun
- a reference point to shoot at
- a number or letter indicating quality (especially of a student's performance)
- a distinguishing symbol
- a visible indication made on a surface
- the impression created by doing something unusual or extraordinary that people notice and remember
- a symbol of disgrace or infamy
- formerly the basic unit of money in Germany
- a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of
- a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation)
- a perceptible indication of something not immediately apparent (as a visible clue that something has happened)
- an indication of damage
- a marking that consists of lines that cross each other
- something that exactly succeeds in achieving its goal
verb
- attach a tag or label to
- designate as if by a mark
- be a distinctive feature, attribute, or trait; sometimes in a very positive sense
- celebrate by some ceremony or observation
- make or leave a mark on
- to accuse or condemn or openly or formally or brand as disgraceful
- notice or perceive
- mark with a scar
- make small marks into the surface of
- establish as the highest level or best performance
- make underscoring marks
- remove from a list
- put a check mark on or near or next to
- assign a grade or rank to, according to one's evaluation
- insert punctuation marks into
noun
adj
- Sharp-cornered; pointed.
- Lean, lank.
- Sharp and stiff in character.
- Having an angle or angles; forming an angle or corner
- Relating or pertaining to an angle or angles.
- Composed of three or more rings attached to a single carbon atom (the rings not all being in the same plane).
- Ungraceful; lacking grace.
- Measured by an angle.
noun
noun
- a particular point in time
- 1/60 of a minute; the basic unit of time adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
- an indefinitely short time
- the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the second of the bases in the infield
- following the first in an ordering or series
- a 60th part of a minute of arc
- the official attendant of a contestant in a duel or boxing match
- a speech seconding a motion
- the gear that has the second lowest forward gear ratio in the gear box of a motor vehicle
- merchandise that has imperfections; usually sold at a reduced price without the brand name
adj
adv
verb
verb
adj
noun
- A point person.
- A person with whom one has had contact; a contact.
- A person in an organization or group that non-members can contact in order to interact with the group; a representative whose contact details are made public.
- A person, such as next of kin, who should be told about someone's situation if an emergency occurs.
- A person in an organization whose role puts them in contact with non-members.
noun
- a particular point in time
- an indefinitely short time
- at this time
- having important effects or influence
- a turning force produced by an object acting at a distance (or a measure of that force)
- the n-th moment of a distribution is the expected value of the n-th power of the deviations from a fixed value
noun
- Blame for something.
- A whit; a jot.
- A positive appraisal; a recommendation.
- An appraisal.
- Any of the tokens that passed current for a halfpenny in Ireland in the early part of the eighteenth century; any coin of trifling value.
- A charge, whether or not it results in a conviction.
- A lea or skein of yarn that forms the standard length taken from the reel, 80 yards of worsted or 120 yards of silk or cotton.
- Rap music.
- A sharp blow with something hard.
- A casual talk.
- A song, verse, or instance of singing in the style of rap music.
verb
- To strike something sharply with one's knuckles; knock.
- To free (a pattern) in a mould by light blows on the pattern, so as to facilitate its removal.
- To speak (lyrics) in the style of rap music.
- To seize and carry off.
- To transport out of oneself; to affect with rapture.
- To talk casually; to engage in conversation.
- To utter quickly and sharply.
noun
- The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
- Intention or goal
- The ability of someone to aim straight; one's faculty for being able to hit a physical target
- The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, such as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it.
verb
- To point or direct a missile, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it
- To direct (something verbal) towards a certain person, thing, or group
- To direct the intention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor;—followed by at, or by an infinitive
- To direct or point (e.g. a weapon), at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object
noun
- A decimal point; point.
- A bill of five-dollar or ten-dollar denomination in dollars.
- A bright lamp; a spotlight.
- The southern redfish, or red horse (Sciaenops ocellatus), which has a spot on each side at the base of the tail.
- The act of spotting or noticing something.
- An official determination of placement.
- A brief advertisement or program segment on television.
- Penalty spot.
- A food fish (Leiostomus xanthurus) of the Atlantic coast of the United States, with a black spot behind the shoulders and fifteen oblique dark bars on the sides.
- A variety of the common domestic pigeon, so called from a spot on its head just above the beak.
- An autosoliton.
- A round or irregular patch on the surface of a thing having a different color, texture etc. and generally round in shape.
- A parking space.
- One who spots (supports or assists a maneuver, or is prepared to assist if safety dictates); a spotter.
- Any of various points marked on the table, from which balls are played, in snooker, pool, billiards, etc.
- A difficult situation.
- A pimple, papule or pustule.
- A stain or disfiguring mark.
- A location or area.
- Any of the balls marked with spots in the game of pool, which one player aims to pot, the other player taking the stripes.
- A small, unspecified amount or quantity.
verb
- To cut or chip (timber) in preparation for hewing.
- To retouch a photograph on film to remove minor flaws.
- To keep the head and eyes pointing in a single direction while turning.
- To place an object at a location indicated by a spot.
- To support or assist a maneuver, or to be prepared to assist if safety dictates.
- To remove, or attempt to remove, a stain.
- To loan a small amount of money to someone.
- To stain; to leave a spot (on).
- To see, find; to pick out, notice, locate, distinguish or identify.
- To position (a locomotive or car) at a predetermined point, e.g., for loading or unloading.
- To position (an aircraft) on the deck of an aircraft carrier ready for launch by catapult.
- To stain; to blemish; to taint; to disgrace; to tarnish, as reputation.
adj
noun
- Act of pointing out or indicating.
- Any symptom or occurrence in a disease, which serves to direct to suitable remedies.
- That which serves to indicate or point out; mark; token; sign; symptom; evidence.
- Discovery made; information.
- An declared approximation of the price at which a traded security is likely to commence trading.
adv
- Used to introduce a point, a qualification of what has previously been said, a remonstration or a rebuke.
- Used to indicate a context of urgency.
- Sometimes; occasionally.
- Used to address a switching side, or sharp change in attitude from before. (In this usage, now is usually emphasized).
- At the present time.
- At the time reached within a narration.
- Differently from the immediate past; differently from a more remote past or a possible future; differently from all other times.
adj
noun
- The state of not paying attention to the future or the past.
- The present time.
- A particular instant in time, as perceived at that instant.
intj
conj
verb
- Take note; used to point out an exception or caveat.
- To turn one's mind to; to observe; to notice.
- To purpose, intend, plan.
- To bring or recall to mind; to remember; bear or keep in mind.
- To regard with attention; to treat as of consequence.
- To pay attention or heed to so as to obey; hence to obey; to make sure, to take care (that).
- To remember.
- To be careful about.
- To dislike, to object to; to be bothered by.
- To look after, to take care of, especially for a short period of time.
- To pay attention to, in the sense of occupying one's mind with, to heed.
noun
- The ability to be aware of things.
- A healthy mental state.
- Attention, consideration or thought.
- Judgment, opinion, or view.
- The capability for rational thought.
- Somebody that embodies certain mental qualities.
- The ability to focus the thoughts.
- The ability to remember things.
- Continual prayer on a dead person's behalf for a period after their death.
- Desire, inclination, or intention.
- The non-material substance or set of processes in which consciousness, perception, affectivity, judgement, thinking, and will are based.
noun
- Emphasis placed on a particular point in an argument or discussion (whether spoken or written).
- A suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound, word or word group by means of of loudness, duration or pitch; phonological prominence.
- distress; the act of distraining; also, the thing distrained.
- Aggression toward an organism resulting in a response in an attempt to restore previous conditions.
- Emotional pressure suffered by a human being or other animal.
- A physical, chemical, infective agent aggressing an organism.
- The internal distribution of force across a small boundary per unit area of that boundary (pressure) within a body. It causes strain or deformation and is typically symbolised by σ or τ.
- Force externally applied to a body which cause internal stress within the body.
- The suprasegmental feature of a language having additional attention raised to a sound by means of of loudness and/or duration; phonological prominence phonetically achieved by means of dynamics as distinct from pitch.
verb
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