Pointed can be categorized as a verb and an adjective.
Adjective |
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| pointed - having a point | ||
| pointed - direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant; "a pointed critique"; "a pointed allusion to what was going on"; "another pointed look in their direction" | ||
Verb |
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| point - be positionable in a specified manner; "The gun points with ease" | ||
| point - mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes | ||
| point - mark with diacritics; "point the letter" | ||
| point - mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics | ||
| point - repair the joints of bricks; "point a chimney" | ||
| point - indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle; "the dog pointed the dead duck" | ||
| point - direct the course; determine the direction of travelling | ||
| point - give a point to; "The candles are tapered" | ||
| 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" | ||
| 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" | ||
| point - 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" | ||
| point - be oriented; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward" | ||
| point - sail close to the wind | ||
| point - direct into a position for use; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" |
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| 1. | adj. | A pointed critique. | |
| 2. | adj. | A pointed allusion to what was going on. | |
| 3. | adj. | Another pointed look in their direction. | |
| 4. | adj. | To make the reference more pointed and unmistakable, Sir Nathaniel replies "a most singular & choice epithet," and at once enters it in his note book. | |
| 5. | adj. | Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there. | |
| 6. | adj. | A rat is a small animal with long, pointed teeth and a long tail. | |
| 7. | adj. | Mary wasn't sure what to feel when Tom compared her breasts to twin stoats with pointed noses. Although that must have been meant as a compliment, it was certainly a very peculiar one at that. | |
| 8. | adj. | With adequate lighting, one can easily discern Nosferatu, with his pointed incisors and extremely long-limbed fingers, known as arachnodaktyly, from common vampires. | |
| 9. | adj. | The fox has a long tail and pointed ears. | |
| 10. | adj. | Foxes have long tails and pointed ears. | |
| 11. | adj. | Here and there, the dark pointed firs stood up with snow powdering their branches. | |
| 12. | adj. | The stars twinkled over the pointed firs in the hollow. | |
| 13. | adj. | Toothed whales, including dolphins, porpoises, sperm whales and orcas, use sharp, pointed teeth to catch fish and other large prey. | |
| 14. | adj. | "Spare, O AEneas, spare a wretch, nor shame / thy guiltless hands, but let the dead repose. / From Troy, no alien to thy race, I came. / O, fly this greedy shore, these cruel foes! / Not from the tree – from Polydorus flows / this blood, for I am Polydorus. Here / an iron crop o'erwhelmed me, and uprose / bristling with pointed javelins." | |
| 15. | adj. | The palace of the Merman King lies in the very deepest part; its walls are of coral and the long pointed windows of the clearest amber, but the roof is made of mussel shells which open and shut with the lapping of the water. | |
| 16. | verb | But Kalkat pointed out that India would be ill-advised to be involved again, militarily, with Sri Lanka if only because it still had to consider the sentiments of 45 million ethnic Tamils in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu - separated from Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula by the narrow Palk Straits. | |
| 17. | verb | "Empirical research pointed to climate as being a strong driver," she said. | |
| 18. | verb | So I pointed this out to him, at which point he said they only had one of the correct tires in stock. | |
| 19. | verb | All the arguments pointed in the same direction. | |
| 20. | verb | At the meeting I pointed out the plan's merit. | |
| 21. | verb | Mistakes in the printing should be pointed out at once. | |
| 22. | verb | It is often pointed out that a vague smile is typical of the Japanese. | |
| 23. | verb | As children are known to emulate the values of adults, it is often pointed out such "education mamas" instill a warped sense of values in their children. | |
| 24. | verb | The tour guide pointed out the sight. | |
| 25. | verb | It is often pointed out that smoking is a danger to health. | |
| 26. | verb | That report was important because it pointed out all the errors the committee had made. | |
| 27. | verb | The child pointed out her mother to me. | |
| 28. | verb | I pointed out that he was mistaken about the matter. | |
| 29. | verb | Jim pointed out some grammatical mistakes in my composition. | |
| 30. | verb | Mr Kennedy pointed out our mistakes. |
| Sentence | |
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| adj. | |
| A pointed critique. |
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| A pointed allusion to what was going on. |
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| Another pointed look in their direction. |
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| To make the reference more pointed and unmistakable, Sir Nathaniel replies "a most singular & choice epithet," and at once enters it in his note book. |
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| Woodpeckers peck tree trunks with their long pointed beaks and eat insects found there. | |
| A rat is a small animal with long, pointed teeth and a long tail. | |
| Mary wasn't sure what to feel when Tom compared her breasts to twin stoats with pointed noses. Although that must have been meant as a compliment, it was certainly a very peculiar one at that. | |
| With adequate lighting, one can easily discern Nosferatu, with his pointed incisors and extremely long-limbed fingers, known as arachnodaktyly, from common vampires. | |
| The fox has a long tail and pointed ears. | |
| Foxes have long tails and pointed ears. | |
| Here and there, the dark pointed firs stood up with snow powdering their branches. | |
| The stars twinkled over the pointed firs in the hollow. | |
| Toothed whales, including dolphins, porpoises, sperm whales and orcas, use sharp, pointed teeth to catch fish and other large prey. | |
| "Spare, O AEneas, spare a wretch, nor shame / thy guiltless hands, but let the dead repose. / From Troy, no alien to thy race, I came. / O, fly this greedy shore, these cruel foes! / Not from the tree – from Polydorus flows / this blood, for I am Polydorus. Here / an iron crop o'erwhelmed me, and uprose / bristling with pointed javelins." | |
| The palace of the Merman King lies in the very deepest part; its walls are of coral and the long pointed windows of the clearest amber, but the roof is made of mussel shells which open and shut with the lapping of the water. | |
| verb | |
| But Kalkat pointed out that India would be ill-advised to be involved again, militarily, with Sri Lanka if only because it still had to consider the sentiments of 45 million ethnic Tamils in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu - separated from Sri Lanka's Jaffna peninsula by the narrow Palk Straits. |
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| "Empirical research pointed to climate as being a strong driver," she said. |
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| So I pointed this out to him, at which point he said they only had one of the correct tires in stock. |
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| All the arguments pointed in the same direction. | |
| At the meeting I pointed out the plan's merit. | |
| Mistakes in the printing should be pointed out at once. | |
| It is often pointed out that a vague smile is typical of the Japanese. | |
| As children are known to emulate the values of adults, it is often pointed out such "education mamas" instill a warped sense of values in their children. | |
| The tour guide pointed out the sight. | |
| It is often pointed out that smoking is a danger to health. | |
| That report was important because it pointed out all the errors the committee had made. | |
| The child pointed out her mother to me. | |
| I pointed out that he was mistaken about the matter. | |
| Jim pointed out some grammatical mistakes in my composition. | |
| Mr Kennedy pointed out our mistakes. | |