"pointing" meaning in English

See pointing in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: en-us-pointing.ogg [US] Forms: point [canonical], points [third-person, singular], pointed [past], pointed [past, participle], pointing [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|point}} [POS TABLE]
  1. The present participle of point.
    Sense id: simple-pointing-en-verb-Cn3idSEq
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