pointing

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ADJ.

certain, north, other, tall

The tall pointing finger on the clock showed that it was already noon.

VERB + POINTING

answered, building, corrected, said, saw, staring, thanks, wants

She corrected him, pointing out the mistakes he had made in his report.

POINTING + NOUN

drainpipe, finger, foreigner, people's, replacement, tree

She noticed a man pointing at a tree near the edge of the forest.

PREP.

in, out, since, toward, towards

She was pointing toward the old church at the end of the street.

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noun

1

The action of the verb to point.

For the sake of convenience, we may call these pointings or signifyings the secondary phase of meaning.

2

The filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar.

The necessary works were extensive and included replacing missing and damaged slates and other roof repairs (in order to make the building watertight), pointing and drainpipe replacement, and extensive replacement of rotten floorboarding.

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.

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For the sake of convenience, we may call these pointings or signifyings the secondary phase of meaning.

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The necessary works were extensive and included replacing missing and damaged slates and other roof repairs (in order to make the building watertight), pointing and drainpipe replacement, and extensiv

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Psalm pointings sometimes differ between psalters.

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I thought the little boy who was staring and pointing at the foreigner was very rude.

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I'm pointing a finger at his mistake.

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06

He said, pointing at where tall grass is growing.

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