English Explanatory Dictionary

pointing

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The action of the verb to point.
  2. The filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar.
  3. Mortar that has been placed between bricks to fill the gap.
  4. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
  5. The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
  6. 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.
  7. In Anglican chant:
  8. The practice of placing metrical marks in a text (typically a psalm), which indicate the syllables on which the chant should progress to the next note, as well as features such as pauses.
  9. A particular arrangement of such marks within a given text.
  10. Synonym of nikud.
verb
  1. present participle and gerund of point

Pronunciation

/ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ /ˈpɔɪnɪŋ/ en-us-pointing.ogg

Word forms

pointing pointings

Etymology

From point + -ing.

Synonyms

nikud

Derived words

bone pointing definition by pointing depointing Earth-pointing finger-pointing pointing device pointing mark pointing stick pointing-stock pointing-trowel point-to-pointing Sun-pointing tuck pointing vowel pointing pointingly
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