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  1. verb
    be oriented
    "The weather vane points North" "the dancers toes pointed outward"

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    lie
  2. verb
    sail close to the wind

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  3. verb
    repair the joints of bricks
    "point a chimney"

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  4. noun
    any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass
    "he checked the point on his compass"

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  5. verb
    be a signal for or a symptom of
    "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"
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  6. noun
    a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process

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  7. noun
    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"

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  8. noun
    an outstanding characteristic
    "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"

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  9. noun
    a V shape
    "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"

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  10. noun
    a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs
  11. noun
    the dot at the left of a decimal fraction
  12. verb
    direct into a position for use
    "point a gun"

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  13. verb
    indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
    "He pointed to the empty parking space"

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  14. noun
    the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip

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  15. noun
    the gun muzzle's direction
    "he held me up at the point of a gun"

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  16. noun
    a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer
    "the point of the arrow was due north"

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  17. noun
    an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole
    "a point of information"

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  18. noun
    a wall socket

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  19. noun
    an instant of time
    "at that point I had to leave"

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  20. noun
    a very small circular shape
    "a row of points"

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  21. verb
    direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
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  22. verb
    give a point to

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  23. verb
    intend (something) to move towards a certain goal

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  24. noun
    a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
  25. noun
    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"
  26. noun
    a distinguishing or individuating characteristic
    "he knows my bad points as well as my good points"
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  27. noun
    a geometric element that has position but no extension
    "a point is defined by its coordinates"
  28. noun
    a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
  29. noun
    a promontory extending out into a large body of water
    "they sailed south around the point"
  30. noun
    a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
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  31. verb
    be positionable in a specified manner
    "The gun points with ease"
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    be
  32. verb
    indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle
    "the dog pointed the dead duck"
  33. verb
    mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
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  34. verb
    mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
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  35. verb
    mark with diacritics
    "point the letter"
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  36. noun
    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
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  37. noun
    sharp end
    "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree" "he broke the point of his pencil"
  38. noun
    the object of an activity
    "what is the point of discussing it?"
  39. noun
    the precise location of something; a spatially limited location
    "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
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  40. noun
    the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest
    "he scored 20 points in the first half" "a touchdown counts 6 points"
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