| headland | | |
| n. (object) | 1. foreland, head, headland, promontory | a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea). |
| ~ cape horn | a rocky headland belonging to Chile at the southernmost tip of South America (south of Tierra del Fuego). |
| ~ calpe, gibraltar, rock of gibraltar | location of a colony of the United Kingdom on a limestone promontory at the southern tip of Spain; strategically important because it can control the entrance of ships into the Mediterranean; one of the Pillars of Hercules. |
| ~ cape hatteras | a promontory on Hatteras Island off the Atlantic coast of North Carolina.; "frequent storms drive ships to their destruction on Cape Hatteras" |
| ~ cape canaveral, cape kennedy | a sandy promontory (formerly Cape Kennedy) extending into the Atlantic Ocean from a barrier island off the eastern coast of Florida; the site of a NASA center for spaceflight. |
| ~ cape sable | a promontory on the far southern part of Nova Scotia. |
| ~ abila, abyla, jebel musa | a promontory in northern Morocco opposite the Rock of Gibraltar; one of the Pillars of Hercules. |
| ~ mull | a term used in Scottish names of promontories.; "the Mull of Kintyre" |
| ~ natural elevation, elevation | a raised or elevated geological formation. |
| ~ point | a promontory extending out into a large body of water.; "they sailed south around the point" |
| plowshare | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. ploughshare, plowshare, share | a sharp steel wedge that cuts loose the top layer of soil. |
| ~ moldboard plow, mouldboard plough | plow that has a moldboard. |
| ~ wedge | something solid that is usable as an inclined plane (shaped like a V) that can be pushed between two things to separate them. |
| point | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. point | a geometric element that has position but no extension.; "a point is defined by its coordinates" |
| ~ attracter, attractor | (physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system. |
| ~ intersection, intersection point, point of intersection | a point where lines intersect. |
| ~ component, element, factor, ingredient, constituent | an abstract part of something.; "jealousy was a component of his character"; "two constituents of a musical composition are melody and harmony"; "the grammatical elements of a sentence"; "a key factor in her success"; "humor: an effective ingredient of a speech" |
| ~ intercept | the point at which a line intersects a coordinate axis. |
| n. (location) | 2. point | the precise location of something; a spatially limited location.; "she walked to a point where she could survey the whole street" |
| ~ location | a point or extent in space. |
| ~ punctum | (anatomy) a point or small area. |
| ~ optic disc, optic disk, blind spot | the point where the optic nerve enters the retina; not sensitive to light. |
| ~ belly button, bellybutton, navel, omphalos, omphalus, umbilicus | a scar where the umbilical cord was attached.; "you were not supposed to show your navel on television"; "they argued whether or not Adam had a navel"; "she had a tattoo just above her bellybutton" |
| ~ mcburney's point | a point one third of the way along a line drawn from the hip to the umbilicus; the point of maximum sensitivity in acute appendicitis. |
| ~ node | (physics) the point of minimum displacement in a periodic system. |
| ~ antinode | (physics) the point of maximum displacement in a periodic system. |
| ~ origin, source, root, rootage, beginning | the place where something begins, where it springs into being.; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" |
| ~ celestial point | a point in the heavens (on the celestial sphere). |
| ~ midpoint, centre, center | a point equidistant from the ends of a line or the extremities of a figure. |
| ~ crinion, trichion | point where the hairline meets the midpoint of the forehead. |
| ~ chokepoint | a point of congestion or blockage.; "the bridge is always a chokepoint at rush hour" |
| ~ corner | the point where two lines meet or intersect.; "the corners of a rectangle" |
| ~ crossing | a point where two lines (paths or arcs etc.) intersect. |
| ~ focus | a fixed reference point on the concave side of a conic section. |
| ~ geographic point, geographical point | a point on the surface of the Earth. |
| ~ ground zero | the point of detonation (or above or below) of a nuclear weapon. |
| ~ hot spot, hotspot | a point of relatively intense heat or radiation. |
| ~ midair | some point in the air; above ground level.; "the planes collided in midair" |
| ~ abutment | point of contact between two objects or parts. |
| ~ position, place | the particular portion of space occupied by something.; "he put the lamp back in its place" |
| ~ position | the appropriate or customary location.; "the cars were in position" |
| ~ pressure point | any of several points on the body where the pulse can be felt and where pressure on an underlying artery will control bleeding from that artery at a more distal point. |
| ~ military position, position | a point occupied by troops for tactical reasons. |
| ~ corner | the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect.; "the corners of a cube" |
| ~ place, spot, topographic point | a point located with respect to surface features of some region.; "this is a nice place for a picnic"; "a bright spot on a planet" |
| ~ vanishing point | the point beyond which something disappears or ceases to exist. |
| ~ focal point, focus | a point of convergence of light (or other radiation) or a point from which it diverges. |
| ~ hilum | the scar on certain seeds marking its point of attachment to the funicle. |
| ~ nidus, focal point, focus | a central point or locus of an infection in an organism.; "the focus of infection" |
| n. (communication) | 3. 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" |
| ~ meaning, signification, import, significance | the message that is intended or expressed or signified.; "what is the meaning of this sentence"; "the significance of a red traffic light"; "the signification of Chinese characters"; "the import of his announcement was ambiguous" |
| ~ bottom line | the decisive point. |
| ~ crux of the matter, crux | the most important point. |
| ~ rallying point | a point or principle on which scattered or opposing groups can come together. |
| ~ talking point | an especially persuasive point helping to support an argument or discussion. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. detail, item, point | an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole.; "several of the details are similar"; "a point of information" |
| ~ fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred.; "first you must collect all the facts of the case" |
| ~ minutia | a small or minor detail.; "he had memorized the many minutiae of the legal code" |
| ~ nook and cranny, nooks and crannies | something remote.; "he explored every nook and cranny of science" |
| ~ regard, respect | (usually preceded by `in') a detail or point.; "it differs in that respect" |
| ~ sticking point | a point at which an impasse arises in progress toward an agreement or a goal. |
| ~ technicality, trifle, triviality | a detail that is considered insignificant. |
| n. (state) | 5. degree, level, point, stage | 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?" |
| ~ state | the way something is with respect to its main attributes.; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" |
| ~ ladder | ascending stages by which somebody or something can progress.; "he climbed the career ladder" |
| ~ acme, meridian, summit, tiptop, elevation, height, pinnacle, superlative, peak, top | the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" |
| ~ extent | the point or degree to which something extends.; "the extent of the damage"; "the full extent of the law"; "to a certain extent she was right" |
| ~ resultant, end point | the final point in a process. |
| ~ standard of life, standard of living | a level of material comfort in terms of goods and services available to someone or some group.; "they enjoyed the highest standard of living in the country"; "the lower the standard of living the easier it is to introduce an autocratic production system" |
| ~ plane | a level of existence or development.; "he lived on a worldly plane" |
| ~ state of the art | the highest degree of development of an art or technique at a particular time.; "the state of the art in space travel" |
| ~ ultimacy, ultimateness | the state or degree of being ultimate; the final or most extreme in degree or size or time or distance,.; "the ultimacy of these social values" |
| ~ quickening | the stage of pregnancy at which the mother first feels the movements of the fetus. |
| ~ climax | the most severe stage of a disease. |
| n. (time) | 6. point, point in time | an instant of time.; "at that point I had to leave" |
| ~ quantity, measure, amount | how much there is or how many there are of something that you can quantify. |
| ~ distance | a remote point in time.; "if that happens it will be at some distance in the future"; "at a distance of ten years he had forgotten many of the details" |
| ~ particular date, date | a particular but unspecified point in time.; "they hoped to get together at an early date" |
| ~ deadline | the point in time at which something must be completed. |
| ~ arrival time, time of arrival | the time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to arrive at a given destination. |
| ~ departure time, time of departure | the time at which a public conveyance is scheduled to depart from a given point of origin. |
| ~ midterm | middle of an academic term or a political term in office. |
| ~ full term, term | the end of gestation or point at which birth is imminent.; "a healthy baby born at full term" |
| ~ midterm | the middle of the gestation period. |
| ~ moment, instant, minute, second | a particular point in time.; "the moment he arrived the party began" |
| ~ run-time | the time at which a (software or multimedia) program is run. |
| ~ commencement, get-go, offset, outset, showtime, starting time, beginning, kickoff, start, first | the time at which something is supposed to begin.; "they got an early start"; "she knew from the get-go that he was the man for her" |
| ~ middle | time between the beginning and the end of a temporal period.; "the middle of the war"; "rain during the middle of April" |
| ~ end, ending | the point in time at which something ends.; "the end of the year"; "the ending of warranty period" |
| ~ phase angle, phase | a particular point in the time of a cycle; measured from some arbitrary zero and expressed as an angle. |
| ~ show time | the point in time at which an entertainment (a movie or television show etc.) is scheduled to begin. |
| ~ then | that time; that moment.; "we will arrive before then"; "we were friends from then on" |
| n. (cognition) | 7. point | the object of an activity.; "what is the point of discussing it?" |
| ~ objective, aim, object, target | the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable).; "the sole object of her trip was to see her children" |
| n. (shape) | 8. peak, point, tip | a V shape.; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" |
| ~ alpenstock | a stout staff with a metal point; used by mountain climbers. |
| ~ arrowhead | the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow. |
| ~ knife | a weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point. |
| ~ pencil | a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood. |
| ~ sword, steel, blade, brand | a cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard. |
| ~ widow's peak | a V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead. |
| ~ cusp | small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth. |
| ~ convex shape, convexity | a shape that curves or bulges outward. |
| ~ cone shape, conoid, cone | a shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point. |
| ~ head | the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates). |
| n. (shape) | 9. dot, point | a very small circular shape.; "a row of points"; "draw lines between the dots" |
| ~ disk, saucer, disc | something with a round shape resembling a flat circular plate.; "the moon's disk hung in a cloudless sky" |
| n. (quantity) | 10. point | the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest.; "he scored 20 points in the first half"; "a touchdown counts 6 points" |
| ~ extra point, point after, point after touchdown | in American football a point awarded for a successful place kick following a touchdown. |
| ~ unit, unit of measurement | any division of quantity accepted as a standard of measurement or exchange.; "the dollar is the United States unit of currency"; "a unit of wheat is a bushel"; "change per unit volume" |
| ~ score | a number that expresses the accomplishment of a team or an individual in a game or contest.; "the score was 7 to 0" |
| ~ advantage | (tennis) first point scored after deuce. |
| ~ set point | (tennis) the final point needed to win a set in tennis. |
| ~ match point | (tennis) the final point needed to win a match (especially in tennis). |
| n. (object) | 11. point | a promontory extending out into a large body of water.; "they sailed south around the point" |
| ~ foreland, headland, promontory, head | a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea). |
| n. (communication) | 12. 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" |
| ~ list, listing | a database containing an ordered array of items (names or topics). |
| ~ agenda item | one of the items to be considered. |
| ~ incidental | an item that is incidental. |
| ~ inventory item | an item listed in an inventory. |
| ~ line item | an item in an appropriation bill.; "Some governors can veto line items in their state budgets" |
| ~ news item | an item in a newspaper. |
| ~ position, place | an item on a list or in a sequence.; "in the second place"; "moved from third to fifth position" |
| ~ component part, part, portion, component, constituent | something determined in relation to something that includes it.; "he wanted to feel a part of something bigger than himself"; "I read a portion of the manuscript"; "the smaller component is hard to reach"; "the animal constituent of plankton" |
| n. (linkdef) | 13. point | a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect. |
| ~ relevance, relevancy | the relation of something to the matter at hand. |
| n. (attribute) | 14. point, spot | an outstanding characteristic.; "his acting was one of the high points of the movie" |
| ~ characteristic | a distinguishing quality. |
| n. (artifact) | 15. point | sharp end.; "he stuck the point of the knife into a tree"; "he broke the point of his pencil" |
| ~ arrowhead | the pointed head or striking tip of an arrow. |
| ~ awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or for punching small holes. |
| ~ barb | a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove. |
| ~ barb | the pointed part of barbed wire. |
| ~ cusp | point formed by two intersecting arcs (as from the intrados of a Gothic arch). |
| ~ diamond point | a very hard small point made from a diamond. |
| ~ ice pick, icepick | pick consisting of a steel rod with a sharp point; used for breaking up blocks of ice. |
| ~ knife | edge tool used as a cutting instrument; has a pointed blade with a sharp edge and a handle. |
| ~ needle | a sharp pointed implement (usually steel). |
| ~ nib, pen nib | the writing point of a pen. |
| ~ pencil | a thin cylindrical pointed writing implement; a rod of marking substance encased in wood. |
| ~ pike | a sharp point (as on the end of a spear). |
| ~ pin | a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things. |
| ~ pinpoint | the sharp point of a pin. |
| ~ spear-point, spearpoint, spearhead | the head and sharpened point of a spear. |
| ~ spike | each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves).; "the second baseman sharpened his spikes before every game"; "golfers' spikes damage the putting greens" |
| ~ end, terminal | either extremity of something that has length.; "the end of the pier"; "she knotted the end of the thread"; "they rode to the end of the line"; "the terminals of the anterior arches of the fornix" |
| n. (linkdef) | 16. compass point, point | any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass.; "he checked the point on his compass" |
| ~ direction | the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves.; "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind" |
| ~ cardinal compass point | one of the four main compass points. |
| ~ nbe, north by east | the compass point that is one point east (clockwise) of due north. |
| ~ nne, nor'-nor'-east, north northeast | the compass point that is midway between north and northeast. |
| ~ nebn, northeast by north | the compass point that is one point north of northeast. |
| ~ nor'-east, northeast, northeastward, ne | the compass point midway between north and east; at 45 degrees. |
| ~ nebe, northeast by east | the compass point that is one point east of northeast. |
| ~ east northeast, ene | the compass point midway between northeast and east. |
| ~ east by north, ebn | the compass point that is one point north of due east. |
| ~ east by south, ebs | the compass point that is one point south of due east. |
| ~ east southeast, ese | the compass point midway between east and southeast. |
| ~ sebe, southeast by east | the compass point that is one point east of southeast. |
| ~ sou'-east, southeast, southeastward, se | the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees. |
| ~ sebs, southeast by south | the compass point that is one point south of southeast. |
| ~ sou'-sou'-east, south southeast, sse | the compass point midway between south and southeast. |
| ~ sbe, south by east | the compass point that is one point east of due south. |
| ~ sbw, south by west | the compass point that is one point west of due south. |
| ~ sou'-sou'-west, south southwest, ssw | the compass point midway between south and southwest. |
| ~ southwest by south, swbs | the compass point that is one point south of southwest. |
| ~ sou'-west, southwest, southwestward, sw | the compass point midway between south and west; at 225 degrees. |
| ~ southwest by west, swbw | the compass point that is one point west of southwest. |
| ~ west southwest, wsw | the compass point midway between west and southwest. |
| ~ wbs, west by south | the compass point that is one point south of due west. |
| ~ wbn, west by north | the compass point that is one point north of due west. |
| ~ west northwest, wnw | the compass point midway between west and northwest. |
| ~ northwest by west, nwbw | the compass point that is one point west of northwest. |
| ~ nor'-west, northwestward, nw, northwest | the compass point midway between north and west; at 315 degrees. |
| ~ northwest by north, nwbn | the compass point that is one point north of northwest. |
| ~ nnw, nor'-nor'-west, north northwest | the compass point that is midway between north and northwest. |
| ~ nbw, north by west | the compass point that is one point west of due north. |
| n. (quantity) | 17. point | a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch. |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| ~ pica em, em, pica | a linear unit (1/6 inch) used in printing. |
| n. (possession) | 18. 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. |
| ~ loan | the temporary provision of money (usually at interest). |
| n. (communication) | 19. full point, full stop, period, point, stop | 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" |
| ~ punctuation mark, punctuation | the marks used to clarify meaning by indicating separation of words into sentences and clauses and phrases. |
| ~ suspension point | (usually plural) one of a series of points indicating that something has been omitted or that the sentence is incomplete. |
| n. (communication) | 20. head, point | a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer.; "the point of the arrow was due north" |
| ~ mark | a written or printed symbol (as for punctuation).; "his answer was just a punctuation mark" |
| ~ arrow, pointer | a mark to indicate a direction or relation. |
| n. (communication) | 21. decimal point, percentage point, point | the dot at the left of a decimal fraction. |
| ~ mathematical notation | a notation used by mathematicians. |
| n. (attribute) | 22. point, pointedness | the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp tip. |
| ~ taper | the property possessed by a shape that narrows toward a point (as a wedge or cone). |
| n. (attribute) | 23. point | a distinguishing or individuating characteristic.; "he knows my bad points as well as my good points" |
| ~ characteristic | a distinguishing quality. |
| ~ selling point | a characteristic of something that is up for sale that makes it attractive to potential customers. |
| n. (artifact) | 24. gunpoint, point | the gun muzzle's direction.; "he held me up at the point of a gun" |
| ~ gun muzzle, muzzle | the open circular discharging end of a gun. |
| n. (artifact) | 25. point, power point | a wall socket. |
| ~ electric outlet, electric receptacle, electrical outlet, wall plug, wall socket, outlet | receptacle providing a place in a wiring system where current can be taken to run electrical devices. |
| ~ britain, great britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland | a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom. |
| n. (artifact) | 26. breaker point, distributor point, point | a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts them and current flows to the spark plugs. |
| ~ tangency, contact | (electronics) a junction where things (as two electrical conductors) touch or are in physical contact.; "they forget to solder the contacts" |
| ~ electrical distributor, distributer, distributor | electrical device that distributes voltage to the spark plugs of a gasoline engine in the order of the firing sequence. |
| v. (communication) | 27. designate, indicate, point, 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" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ point | indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle.; "the dog pointed the dead duck" |
| ~ finger | indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments. |
| ~ call attention, point out, signalise, signalize | point out carefully and clearly. |
| ~ reflect | manifest or bring back.; "This action reflects his true beliefs" |
| v. (stative) | 28. orient, point | be oriented.; "The weather vane points North"; "the dancers toes pointed outward" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| v. (competition) | 29. charge, level, point | direct into a position for use.; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" |
| ~ aim, take aim, train, direct, take | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
| ~ point | be positionable in a specified manner.; "The gun points with ease" |
| v. (motion) | 30. channelise, channelize, direct, guide, head, maneuver, manoeuver, manoeuvre, point, steer | direct the course; determine the direction of travelling. |
| ~ dock | maneuver into a dock.; "dock the ships" |
| ~ sheer | cause to sheer.; "She sheered her car around the obstacle" |
| ~ pull over | steer a vehicle to the side of the road.; "The car pulled over when the ambulance approached at high speed" |
| ~ helm | be at or take the helm of.; "helm the ship" |
| ~ crab | direct (an aircraft) into a crosswind. |
| ~ navigate | direct carefully and safely.; "He navigated his way to the altar" |
| ~ stand out | steer away from shore, of ships. |
| ~ starboard | turn to the right, of helms or rudders. |
| ~ conn | conduct or direct the steering of a ship or plane. |
| ~ navigate, pilot | act as the navigator in a car, plane, or vessel and plan, direct, plot the path and position of the conveyance.; "Is anyone volunteering to navigate during the trip?"; "Who was navigating the ship during the accident?" |
| ~ canalise, canalize, channel | direct the flow of.; "channel information towards a broad audience" |
| ~ tree, corner | force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape. |
| ~ park | maneuver a vehicle into a parking space.; "Park the car in front of the library"; "Can you park right here?" |
| ~ control, command | exercise authoritative control or power over.; "control the budget"; "Command the military forces" |
| v. (communication) | 31. 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" |
| ~ augur, auspicate, bode, foreshadow, omen, portend, presage, betoken, predict, prefigure, prognosticate, forecast, foretell | indicate by signs.; "These signs bode bad news" |
| ~ mark | designate as if by a mark.; "This sign marks the border" |
| ~ tell | let something be known.; "Tell them that you will be late" |
| v. (motion) | 32. luff, point | sail close to the wind. |
| ~ navigation, pilotage, piloting | the guidance of ships or airplanes from place to place. |
| ~ sail | travel on water propelled by wind.; "I love sailing, especially on the open sea"; "the ship sails on" |
| v. (contact) | 33. point | mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics. |
| ~ mark, tag, label | attach a tag or label to.; "label these bottles" |
| v. (contact) | 34. point | mark with diacritics.; "point the letter" |
| ~ mark, tag, label | attach a tag or label to.; "label these bottles" |
| v. (contact) | 35. point | mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes. |
| ~ mark, tag, label | attach a tag or label to.; "label these bottles" |
| v. (competition) | 36. point | be positionable in a specified manner.; "The gun points with ease" |
| ~ point, level, charge | direct into a position for use.; "point a gun"; "He charged his weapon at me" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (competition) | 37. aim, direct, place, point, target | 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" |
| ~ address | direct a question at someone. |
| ~ aim, take aim, train, direct, take | point or cause to go (blows, weapons, or objects such as photographic equipment) towards.; "Please don't aim at your little brother!"; "He trained his gun on the burglar"; "Don't train your camera on the women"; "Take a swipe at one's opponent" |
| ~ home in, range in, zero in | direct onto a point or target, especially by automatic navigational aids. |
| v. (communication) | 38. point | indicate the presence of (game) by standing and pointing with the muzzle.; "the dog pointed the dead duck" |
| ~ point, indicate, 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" |
| v. (change) | 39. point, sharpen, taper | give a point to.; "The candles are tapered" |
| ~ change form, change shape, deform | assume a different shape or form. |
| ~ acuminate | make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point. |
| v. (change) | 40. point, repoint | repair the joints of bricks.; "point a chimney" |
| ~ bushel, fix, furbish up, mend, repair, doctor, touch on, restore | restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken.; "She repaired her TV set"; "Repair my shoes please" |
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| n. (body) | 1. caput, head | the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals; contains the face and brains.; "he stuck his head out the window" |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ muzzle | forward projecting part of the head of certain animals; includes the jaws and nose. |
| ~ body, organic structure, physical structure | the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being).; "he felt as if his whole body were on fire" |
| ~ external body part | any body part visible externally. |
| ~ ear | the sense organ for hearing and equilibrium. |
| ~ arteria basilaris, basilar artery | an unpaired artery; supplies the pons and cerebellum and the back part of the cerebrum and the inner ear. |
| ~ brain, encephalon | that part of the central nervous system that includes all the higher nervous centers; enclosed within the skull; continuous with the spinal cord. |
| ~ human head | the head of a human being. |
| ~ skull | the bony skeleton of the head of vertebrates. |
| ~ face, human face | the front of the human head from the forehead to the chin and ear to ear.; "he washed his face"; "I wish I had seen the look on his face when he got the news" |
| ~ temple | the flat area on either side of the forehead.; "the veins in his temple throbbed" |
| n. (animal) | 2. head | a single domestic animal.; "200 head of cattle" |
| ~ domestic animal, domesticated animal | any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment. |
| n. (cognition) | 3. brain, head, mind, nous, psyche | that which is responsible for one's thoughts and feelings; the seat of the faculty of reason.; "his mind wandered"; "I couldn't get his words out of my head" |
| ~ cognition, knowledge, noesis | the psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning. |
| ~ noddle | an informal British expression for head or mind.; "use your noddle" |
| ~ tabula rasa | a young mind not yet affected by experience (according to John Locke). |
| ~ ego | (psychoanalysis) the conscious mind. |
| ~ unconscious, unconscious mind | that part of the mind wherein psychic activity takes place of which the person is unaware. |
| ~ subconscious, subconscious mind | psychic activity just below the level of awareness. |
| n. (person) | 4. chief, head, top dog | a person who is in charge.; "the head of the whole operation" |
| ~ leader | a person who rules or guides or inspires others. |
| ~ administrator, executive | someone who manages a government agency or department. |
| ~ administrator, decision maker | someone who administers a business. |
| ~ capo | the head of a branch of an organized crime syndicate. |
| ~ department head | the head of a department. |
| ~ don, father | the head of an organized crime family. |
| ~ superior general, general | the head of a religious order or congregation. |
| ~ general manager | the highest ranking manager. |
| ~ grand dragon | a high ranking person in the Ku Klux Klan. |
| ~ head of household | the head of a household or family or tribe. |
| ~ secretary | a person who is head of an administrative department of government. |
| n. (group) | 5. head | the front of a military formation or procession.; "the head of the column advanced boldly"; "they were at the head of the attack" |
| ~ armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine | the military forces of a nation.; "their military is the largest in the region"; "the military machine is the same one we faced in 1991 but now it is weaker" |
| ~ formation | an arrangement of people or things acting as a unit.; "a defensive formation"; "a formation of planes" |
| n. (phenomenon) | 6. head | the pressure exerted by a fluid.; "a head of steam" |
| ~ force per unit area, pressure, pressure level | the force applied to a unit area of surface; measured in pascals (SI unit) or in dynes (cgs unit).; "the compressed gas exerts an increased pressure" |
| n. (location) | 7. head | the top of something.; "the head of the stairs"; "the head of the page"; "the head of the list" |
| ~ top | the upper part of anything.; "the mower cuts off the tops of the grass"; "the title should be written at the top of the first page" |
| n. (location) | 8. fountainhead, head, headspring | the source of water from which a stream arises.; "they tracked him back toward the head of the stream" |
| ~ origin, source, root, rootage, beginning | the place where something begins, where it springs into being.; "the Italian beginning of the Renaissance"; "Jupiter was the origin of the radiation"; "Pittsburgh is the source of the Ohio River"; "communism's Russian root" |
| n. (communication) | 9. head, head word | (grammar) the word in a grammatical constituent that plays the same grammatical role as the whole constituent. |
| ~ grammar | the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology (and sometimes also deals with semantics). |
| ~ word | a unit of language that native speakers can identify.; "words are the blocks from which sentences are made"; "he hardly said ten words all morning" |
| n. (state) | 10. head | the tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates). |
| ~ tip, peak, point | a V shape.; "the cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points" |
| ~ abscess | symptom consisting of a localized collection of pus surrounded by inflamed tissue. |
| n. (quantity) | 11. 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" |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| n. (plant) | 12. capitulum, head | a dense cluster of flowers or foliage.; "a head of cauliflower"; "a head of lettuce" |
| ~ plant organ | a functional and structural unit of a plant or fungus. |
| n. (person) | 13. head, head teacher, principal, school principal | the educator who has executive authority for a school.; "she sent unruly pupils to see the principal" |
| ~ chancellor | the honorary or titular head of a university. |
| ~ educator, pedagog, pedagogue | someone who educates young people. |
| ~ headmaster, schoolmaster, master | presiding officer of a school. |
| ~ headmistress | a woman headmaster. |
| n. (person) | 14. head | an individual person.; "tickets are $5 per head" |
| ~ individual | a single organism. |
| n. (person) | 15. head | a user of (usually soft) drugs.; "the office was full of secret heads" |
| ~ colloquialism | a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech. |
| ~ acid head | someone who takes LSD. |
| ~ drug user, substance abuser, user | a person who takes drugs. |
| ~ hash head | a user of hashish. |
| ~ pill head | a consumer of amphetamine pills. |
| ~ pothead | someone who smokes marijuana habitually. |
| n. (object) | 16. head | a rounded compact mass.; "the head of a comet" |
| ~ object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
| n. (object) | 17. head | the foam or froth that accumulates at the top when you pour an effervescent liquid into a container.; "the beer had a large head of foam" |
| ~ foam, froth | a mass of small bubbles formed in or on a liquid.; "the beer had a thick head of foam" |
| n. (location) | 18. forefront, head | the part in the front or nearest the viewer.; "he was in the forefront"; "he was at the head of the column" |
| ~ forepart, front, front end | the side that is forward or prominent. |
| n. (event) | 19. head, pass, straits | a difficult juncture.; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday" |
| ~ juncture, occasion | an event that occurs at a critical time.; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions" |
| n. (event) | 20. head, headway | forward movement.; "the ship made little headway against the gale" |
| ~ advance, progression, progress | a movement forward.; "he listened for the progress of the troops" |
| n. (communication) | 21. head, question | the subject matter at issue.; "the question of disease merits serious discussion"; "under the head of minor Roman poets" |
| ~ subject, theme, topic | the subject matter of a conversation or discussion.; "he didn't want to discuss that subject"; "it was a very sensitive topic"; "his letters were always on the theme of love" |
| ~ problem | a question raised for consideration or solution.; "our homework consisted of ten problems to solve" |
| ~ matter of fact, question of fact | a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide. |
| ~ matter of law, question of law | a disputed legal contention that is generally left for a judge to decide. |
| n. (communication) | 22. head, header, heading | a line of text serving to indicate what the passage below it is about.; "the heading seemed to have little to do with the text" |
| ~ crosshead, crossheading | a heading of a subsection printed within the body of the text. |
| ~ headline, newspaper headline | the heading or caption of a newspaper article. |
| ~ lemma | the heading that indicates the subject of an annotation or a literary composition or a dictionary entry. |
| ~ rubric | a title or heading that is printed in red or in a special type. |
| ~ running head, running headline | a heading printed at the top of every page (or every other page) of a book. |
| ~ subhead, subheading | a heading of a subdivision of a text. |
| ~ statute title, title, rubric | a heading that names a statute or legislative bill; may give a brief summary of the matters it deals with.; "Title 8 provided federal help for schools" |
| ~ line | text consisting of a row of words written across a page or computer screen.; "the letter consisted of three short lines"; "there are six lines in every stanza" |
| n. (body) | 23. head | the rounded end of a bone that fits into a rounded cavity in another bone to form a joint.; "the head of the humerus" |
| ~ anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing.; "he has good bone structure" |
| n. (body) | 24. head | that part of a skeletal muscle that is away from the bone that it moves. |
| ~ anatomical structure, bodily structure, body structure, complex body part, structure | a particular complex anatomical part of a living thing.; "he has good bone structure" |
| ~ skeletal muscle, striated muscle | a muscle that is connected at either or both ends to a bone and so move parts of the skeleton; a muscle that is characterized by transverse stripes. |
| n. (artifact) | 25. head, read/write head | (computer science) a tiny electromagnetic coil and metal pole used to write and read magnetic patterns on a disk. |
| ~ coil | reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit. |
| ~ computer science, computing | the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures. |
| n. (artifact) | 26. head | (usually plural) the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person's head.; "call heads or tails!" |
| ~ obverse | the side of a coin or medal bearing the principal stamp or design. |
| ~ plural, plural form | the form of a word that is used to denote more than one. |
| ~ coin | a flat metal piece (usually a disc) used as money. |
| n. (artifact) | 27. head | the striking part of a tool.; "the head of the hammer" |
| ~ face | the striking or working surface of an implement. |
| ~ club-head, club head, clubhead, golf-club head | (golf) the head of the club which strikes the ball. |
| ~ hammer | a hand tool with a heavy rigid head and a handle; used to deliver an impulsive force by striking. |
| ~ hammerhead | the striking part of a hammer. |
| ~ ram | a tool for driving or forcing something by impact. |
| ~ striker | the part of a mechanical device that strikes something. |
| n. (artifact) | 28. head | (nautical) a toilet on board a boat or ship. |
| ~ john, lav, lavatory, privy, toilet, bathroom, can | a room or building equipped with one or more toilets. |
| n. (artifact) | 29. head | a projection out from one end.; "the head of the nail"; "a pinhead is the head of a pin" |
| ~ bolt | a screw that screws into a nut to form a fastener. |
| ~ nail | a thin pointed piece of metal that is hammered into materials as a fastener. |
| ~ pin | a small slender (often pointed) piece of wood or metal used to support or fasten or attach things. |
| ~ pinhead | the head of a pin. |
| ~ projection | any structure that branches out from a central support. |
| ~ screw | a fastener with a tapered threaded shank and a slotted head. |
| n. (artifact) | 30. drumhead, head | a membrane that is stretched taut over a drum. |
| ~ drum, membranophone, tympan | a musical percussion instrument; usually consists of a hollow cylinder with a membrane stretched across each end. |
| ~ membrane | a thin pliable sheet of material. |
| n. (act) | 31. head, oral sex | oral stimulation of the genitals.; "they say he gives good head" |
| ~ sexual perversion, perversion | an aberrant sexual practice. |
| ~ cunnilinctus, cunnilingus | oral stimulation of the vulva or clitoris. |
| ~ fellatio, fellation | oral stimulation of the penis. |
| ~ sixty-nine, soixante-neuf | oral sex practiced simultaneously by two people. |
| v. (motion) | 32. head | to go or travel towards.; "where is she heading"; "We were headed for the mountains" |
| ~ go forward, proceed, continue | move ahead; travel onward in time or space.; "We proceeded towards Washington"; "She continued in the direction of the hills"; "We are moving ahead in time now" |
| ~ take, make | head into a specified direction.; "The escaped convict took to the hills"; "We made for the mountains" |
| v. (social) | 33. head, lead | be in charge of.; "Who is heading this project?" |
| ~ direct | be in charge of. |
| ~ chair, chairman | act or preside as chair, as of an academic department in a university.; "She chaired the department for many years" |
| ~ captain | be the captain of a sports team. |
| ~ spearhead | be the leader of.; "She spearheaded the effort to find a cure for the disease" |
| ~ take charge, take control, take hold | assume control. |
| v. (motion) | 34. head, lead | travel in front of; go in advance of others.; "The procession was headed by John" |
| ~ precede, lead | move ahead (of others) in time or space. |
| ~ draw away | move ahead of (one's competitors) in a race. |
| ~ head up, head | be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel.; "This student heads the class" |
| v. (stative) | 35. head, head up | be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel.; "This student heads the class" |
| ~ head, lead | travel in front of; go in advance of others.; "The procession was headed by John" |
| ~ be | have the quality of being; (copula, used with an adjective or a predicate noun).; "John is rich"; "This is not a good answer" |
| v. (stative) | 36. head | take its rise.; "These rivers head from a mountain range in the Himalayas" |
| ~ arise, originate, spring up, uprise, develop, grow, rise | come into existence; take on form or shape.; "A new religious movement originated in that country"; "a love that sprang up from friendship"; "the idea for the book grew out of a short story"; "An interesting phenomenon uprose" |
| v. (stative) | 37. head | be in the front of or on top of.; "The list was headed by the name of the president" |
| ~ lie | be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position. |
| ~ surmount | be on top of.; "The scarf surmounted the gown" |
| ~ crown | form the topmost part of.; "A weather vane crowns the building" |
| v. (stative) | 38. head | form a head or come or grow to a head.; "The wheat headed early this year" |
| ~ form | assume a form or shape.; "the water formed little beads" |
| v. (contact) | 39. head | remove the head of.; "head the fish" |
| ~ remove, take away, withdraw, take | remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract.; "remove a threat"; "remove a wrapper"; "Remove the dirty dishes from the table"; "take the gun from your pocket"; "This machine withdraws heat from the environment" |
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