Noun:
1: point a geometric element that has position but no extension; "a point is defined by its coordinates"
2: point the precise location of something; a spatially limited location; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
3: point 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"
4: degree, level, point, stage a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
5: item, point, detail an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
6: point, point in time an instant of time; "at that point I had to leave"
7: point the object of an activity; "what is the point of discussing it?"
8: peak, tip, point a V shape; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"
9: point, dot a very small circular shape; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"
10: point the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points"
11: point a promontory extending out into a large body of water; "they sailed south around the point"
12: item, point 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"
13: point a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
14: spot, point an outstanding characteristic; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
15: point sharp end; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
16: point, compass point any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass; "he checked the point on his compass"
17: point a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
18: period, full stop, point, full point, stop 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"
19: head, point a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer; "the point of the arrow was due north"
20: pointedness, point the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip
21: point a distinguishing or individuating characteristic; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"
22: point, gunpoint the gun muzzle's direction; "he held me up at the point of a gun"
23: point, power point a wall socket
24: point, breaker point, distributor point a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
Verb:
1: show, indicate, point indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively; "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
2: orient, point be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"
3: level, charge, point direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
4: maneuver, channelise, guide, steer, manoeuver, manoeuvre, head, direct, channelize, point direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
5: indicate, signal, bespeak, betoken, point be a signal for or a symptom of; "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
6: point, luff sail close to the wind
7: point mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
8: point mark with diacritics; "point the letter"
9: point mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
10: point be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease"
11: place, direct, target, point, aim intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
12: point, taper, sharpen give a point to; "The candles are tapered"
13: point, repoint repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney"