Pointing - definition, pronunciation, transcription
verb
noun
- (usually singular or collective) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to hold them together. This is not strictly speaking correct word to use in this context, mortar would be the correct word, or joint filling. (perhaps applies in the US only) This term is often misused as meaning mortar or joint filling, as 'repointing' is the action of making good and repairing of joints between stone.
- The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
- The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
- (art) 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.
Extra examples
The sentence may seem to require another pointing.
Stand with your arms at your sides and your hands pointing downward.
The ship was pointing into the wind.
...in the painting Sacagawea is imaged as an intrepid woman pointing the way for Lewis and Clark...
“What's in there?” he asked, pointing to the large bulge in my purse.
Stand with your heels together, toes pointing outward.
Pointing with his cane, the old man asked, “Whose dog is that?”.
He took particular relish in pointing out my error.
My brother is fond of pointing out my mistakes.
The Minister's remarks seemed to be pointing at an early election.
The churches of Europe were ordinarily built pointing to the east.
The guide took us through the city, pointing interesting sights out.
Jake was pointing a gun at the door.
But the sign was pointing the opposite way.
Stand with your elbows pointing outwards.
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