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tɪd adjective
2.
sharp or piercing: pointed wit.
3.
having direct effect, significance, or force: pointed criticism.
4.
directed; aimed: a pointed gun.
5.
directed particularly, as at a person: a pointed remark.
6.
marked; emphasized.
7.
Heraldry. (of a cross) having parallel sides with points formed by two inclined sides on each end: a cross pointed.
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World English Dictionary
pointed (ˈpɔɪntɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj | |
| 1. | having a point |
| 2. | cutting or incisive: a pointed wit |
| 3. | obviously directed at or intended for a particular person or aspect: pointed criticism |
| 4. | emphasized or made conspicuous: pointed ignorance |
| 5. | (of an arch or style of architecture employing such an arch) Gothic |
| 6. | music (of a psalm text) marked to show changes in chanting |
| 7. | (of Hebrew text) with vowel points marked |
| 'pointedly | |
| —adv | |
| 'pointedness | |
| —n | |
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Word Origin & History
pointed
"having the quality of penetrating the feelings or mind," 1665, from pp. of point (v.) in sense of "furnish with a point."
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Medical Dictionary
point (point)
n.
A sharp or tapered end.
A slight projection.
A stage or condition reached.
To become ready to open, as an abscess or boil.
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Science Dictionary
point  (point) Pronunciation Key
A geometric object having no dimensions and no property other than its location. The intersection of two lines is a point. |
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Cultural Dictionary
point definition
In geometry, a location having no dimension — no length, height, or width — and identified by at least one coordinate.
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