Word Definitions & Examples
noun
Sense 1
a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
verb
Sense 2
"point the letter"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
noun
Sense 4
"they sailed south around the point"
noun
Sense 6
Type of:
linear unit
verb
Sense 7
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 8
"The gun points with ease"
Type of:
be
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Somebody ----s something from somebody
noun
Sense 10
"a row of points"
"draw lines between the dots"
noun
Sense 11
"at that point I had to leave"
noun
Sense 13
"get to the point"
"he missed the point of the joke"
"life has lost its point"
noun
Sense 14
sharp end
"he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"
"he broke the point of his pencil"
Type of:
end
noun
Sense 15
noun
Sense 16
"he held me up at the point of a gun"
noun
Sense 18
"he knows my bad points as well as my good points"
Type of:
characteristic
Kinds of:
selling point
noun
Sense 20
"a point is defined by its coordinates"
noun
Sense 21
"what is the point of discussing it?"
verb
Sense 22
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 23
"point a chimney"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 25
"I showed the customer the glove section"
"He pointed to the empty parking space"
"he indicated his opponents"
Type of:
inform
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody's (body part) ----s
Somebody ----s somebody to INFINITIVE
Something ----s somebody
verb
Sense 26
be oriented
"The weather vane points North"
Type of:
lie
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something to somebody
noun
Sense 27
a 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"
noun
Sense 28
a 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"
Kinds of:
suspension point
verb
Sense 31
"The candles are tapered"
Kinds of:
acuminate
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
verb
Sense 32
"point a gun"
"He charged his weapon at me"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
noun
Sense 33
a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs
noun
Sense 34
"a remarkable degree of frankness"
"at what stage are the social sciences?"
Type of:
state
verb
Sense 35
"These symptoms indicate a serious illness"
"Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"
"The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
Type of:
tell
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something to somebody
verb
Sense 36
"He aimed his fists towards his opponent''s face"
"criticism directed at her superior"
"direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb
Sense 37
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Domain:
driving
Semantic Complexity
100%
Sense Count
37
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
235
Times Searched
3
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