adj
Meaning 1
Sharp, barbed; not dull.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparable
Examples
- The warrior brandished a pointed spear.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
pointed
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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poinʹtĭd
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/ˈpɔɪntɪd/
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US: /ˈpɔɪnɪd/ in fast speech
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CMU ARPABET: P OY1 N T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: P OY1 N AH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having a certain number of points.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: in-compounds
Examples
- a five-pointed star
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 4
In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Directed negatively at a person or topic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: comparable
Examples
- a pointed remark
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
That has a named, but otherwise arbitrary, point (called the basepoint) that remains unchanged during subsequent discussion and is kept track of during all operations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: algebraic-topology, mathematics, sciences, topology
Examples
- The class of all pointed spaces forms a category - Top_• - with basepoint preserving continuous maps as morphisms.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 7
precise, on the dot.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
simple past and past participle of point
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, participle, past
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 9
having a point
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: pointless
adjective satellite
Meaning 10
direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a pointed critique
- a pointed allusion to what was going on
- another pointed look in their direction
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
47 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: սրածայր (sracayr) — sharp at one end
- Armenian: սուր (sur) — sharp at one end
- Belarusian: во́стры (vóstry) — sharp at one end
- Bulgarian: остър (ostǎr) — sharp at one end
- Bulgarian: изострен (izostren) — sharp at one end
- Catalan: punxegut — sharp at one end
- Czech: špičatý — sharp at one end
- Czech: hrotitý — sharp at one end
- Finnish: terävä — sharp at one end
- Finnish: teroitettu — sharp at one end
- Finnish: teräväkärkinen — sharp at one end
- Finnish: kärjekäs — sharp at one end
- French: pointu — sharp at one end
- Georgian: წვერიანი (c̣veriani) — sharp at one end
- German: spitz — sharp at one end
- German: spitzig — sharp at one end
- Ancient Greek: ἀκιδωτός (akidōtós) — sharp at one end
- Hindi: नुकीला (nukīlā) — sharp at one end
- Hungarian: hegyes — sharp at one end
- Hungarian: csúcsos — sharp at one end
- Hungarian: éles — sharp at one end
- Ingrian: terävä — sharp at one end
- Irish: gobach — sharp at one end
- Italian: appuntito — sharp at one end
- Italian: aguzzo — sharp at one end
- Italian: puntuto — sharp at one end
- Kabuverdianu: afiadu — sharp at one end
- Kabuverdianu: afióde — sharp at one end
- Kalmyk: шовһр (şovğr) — sharp at one end
- Khmer: ស្រួច (sruǝc) — sharp at one end
- Norman: pointu — sharp at one end
- Portuguese: pontudo — sharp at one end
- Portuguese: apontado — sharp at one end
- Russian: заострённый (zaostrjónnyj) — sharp at one end
- Sanskrit: तिग्म (tigma) — sharp at one end
- Sicilian: puntutu — sharp at one end
- Spanish: puntiagudo — sharp at one end
- Spanish: punzocortante — sharp at one end
- Spanish: cortopunzante — sharp at one end
- Spanish: punzante — sharp at one end
- Swedish: spetsig — sharp at one end
- Thai: แหลม (lɛ̌ɛm) — sharp at one end
- Turkish: sivri — sharp at one end
- Ottoman Turkish: سیوری (sivri) — sharp at one end
- Vietnamese: nhọn — sharp at one end
- Yiddish: שאַרף (sharf) — sharp at one end
- Yiddish: שפּיציק (shpitsik) — sharp at one end
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