Key: "S:" = Show Synset (semantic) relations, "W:" = Show Word (lexical) relations
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Noun
S: (n) point (a geometric element that has position but no extension) "a point is defined by its coordinates"
S: (n) point (the precise location of something; a spatially limited location) "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"
S: (n) point (a brief version of the essential meaning of something) "get to the point"; "he missed the point of the joke"; "life has lost its point"
S: (n) detail, item, point (an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole) "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information"
S: (n) degree, level, stage, point (a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process) "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?"
S: (n) point, dot (a very small circular shape) "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots"
S: (n) point (the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest) "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points"
S: (n) point (a promontory extending out into a large body of water) "they sailed south around the point"
S: (n) item, point (a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list) "he noticed an item in the New York Times"; "she had several items on her shopping list"; "the main point on the agenda was taken up first"
S: (n) point (a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect)
S: (n) point, spot (an outstanding characteristic) "his acting was one of the high points of the movie"
S: (n) point (sharp end) "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil"
S: (n) direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves) "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"
S: (n) position, spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated) "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"
S: (n) relation (an abstraction belonging to or characteristic of two entities or parts together)
S: (n) inch, in (a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot)
S: (n) foot, ft (a linear unit of length equal to 12 inches or a third of a yard) "he is six feet tall"
S: (n) footer ((used only in combinations) the height or length of something in feet) "he is a six-footer"; "the golfer sank a 40-footer"; "his yacht is a 60-footer"
S: (n) yard, pace (a unit of length equal to 3 feet; defined as 91.44 centimeters; originally taken to be the average length of a stride)
S: (n) yarder ((used only in combinations) the height or length of something in yards) "the golfer hit a 300-yarder to the green"
S: (n) fistmele (about seven inches; the breadth of a fist with the thumb stuck out (used especially in archery to give the correct distance of the string from the bow))
S: (n) head (the length or height based on the size of a human or animal head) "he is two heads taller than his little sister"; "his horse won by a head"
S: (n) Roman pace (an ancient Roman unit of length (4.85 English feet) measured as the distance from the heel of one foot to the heel of the same foot when next it touches the ground)
S: (n) point (one percent of the total principal of a loan; it is paid at the time the loan is made and is independent of the interest on the loan)
S: (n) period, point, full stop, stop, full point (a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations) "in England they call a period a stop"
S: (n) point, head (a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer) "the point of the arrow was due north"
S: (n) distributor point, breaker point, point (a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs)
S: (v) indicate, point, designate, show (indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively) "I showed the customer the glove section"; "He pointed to the empty parking space"; "he indicated his opponents"
S: (v) orient, point (be oriented) "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward"
S: (v) charge, level, point (direct into a position for use) "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me"
S: (v) bespeak, betoken, indicate, point, signal (be a signal for or a symptom of) "These symptoms indicate a serious illness"; "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"; "The economic indicators signal that the euro is undervalued"
S: (v) point (mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics)
S: (v) point (mark with diacritics) "point the letter"
S: (v) point (mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes)
S: (v) point (be positionable in a specified manner) "The gun points with ease"
S: (v) target, aim, place, direct, point (intend (something) to move towards a certain goal) "He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face"; "criticism directed at her superior"; "direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself"
S: (v) point (indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle) "the dog pointed the dead duck"