"pointing" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ [General-American, UK] Audio: en-us-pointing.ogg [US] Forms: pointings [plural]
Rhymes: -ɔɪntɪŋ Etymology: point + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|point|ing}} point + -ing Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} pointing (countable and uncountable, plural pointings)
  1. The action of the verb to point. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (action of the verb to point): Zeigen [neuter] (German), Hinweisen [neuter] (German)
    Sense id: en-pointing-en-noun-fEVI9oBK Disambiguation of 'action of the verb to point': 97 0 0 1 3 0
  2. The filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pointing-en-noun-~VCuvuAJ
  3. (usually singular or collective, sometimes proscribed) Mortar that has been placed between bricks to fill the gap. Tags: collective, countable, proscribed, singular, sometimes, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Masonry Translations (mortar that has been placed between bricks or stones to fill the gaps): Fugenmörtel [masculine] (German), Fugenmasse [feminine] (German)
    Sense id: en-pointing-en-noun-Hs~~qDP3 Disambiguation of Masonry: 1 23 36 7 10 6 17 Disambiguation of 'mortar that has been placed between bricks or stones to fill the gaps': 0 18 69 4 5 5
  4. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pointing-en-noun-u9WiJTmd
  5. The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-pointing-en-noun-uE8YI3Km
  6. (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. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Art
    Sense id: en-pointing-en-noun-kk9dOb~e Topics: art, arts
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (filling of gaps in brickwork or masonry with mortar): Verfugen [neuter] (German), Ausfugen [neuter] (German)
Derived forms: bone pointing, definition by pointing, Earth-pointing, finger-pointing, pointing device, pointing stick, pointing-stock, pointing-trowel, point-to-pointing, Sun-pointing, tuck pointing, vowel pointing Disambiguation of 'filling of gaps in brickwork or masonry with mortar': 0 47 41 3 4 5

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈpɔɪntɪŋ/ [General-American, UK] Audio: en-us-pointing.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɔɪntɪŋ Etymology: point + -ing Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|point|ing}} point + -ing Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} pointing
  1. present participle and gerund of point Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: point Translations (present participle of point): zeigend (German), hinweisend (German)
    Sense id: en-pointing-en-verb-uyoepAnL Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -ing Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 3 15 14 29 3 36 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 4 14 11 23 6 41 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 2 5 15 12 23 8 34

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1a/En-us-pointing.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "present participle of point",
      "word": "zeigend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "present participle of point",
      "word": "hinweisend"
    }
  ],
  "word": "pointing"
}

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