point

  1. Noun.  A discrete division of something.
  2. Noun.  A sharp extremity.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive) To extend the index finger in the direction of something in order to show where it is or to draw attention to it.
  4. Verb.  (intransitive) To draw attention to something or indicate a direction.
  5. Verb.  (intransitive) to indicate a probability of something.
  6. Verb.  (intransitive, masonry) To repair mortar.
  7. Verb.  (transitive) To direct or encourage (someone) in a particular direction.
  8. Verb.  (transitive, mathematics) to separate an integer from a decimal with a decimal point.
  9. Verb.  (transitive) to mark with diacritics.
  10. Verb.  (transitive, masonry) To repair by removing and replacing loose mortar.
  11. Verb.  (transitive, computing) To direct the central processing unit to seek information at a certain location in memory.
  12. Verb.  (transitive, Internet) To direct requests sent to a domain name to the IP address corresponding to that domain name.
  13. Verb.  (intransitive, nautical) to sail close to the wind.
  14. Verb.  (transitive, hunting) (rfdef, lang en) .

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