| finger | | |
| n. (body) | 1. finger | any of the terminal members of the hand (sometimes excepting the thumb).; "her fingers were long and thin" |
| ~ pad | the fleshy cushion-like underside of an animal's foot or of a human's finger. |
| ~ hand, manus, mitt, paw | the (prehensile) extremity of the superior limb.; "he had the hands of a surgeon"; "he extended his mitt" |
| ~ dactyl, digit | a finger or toe in human beings or corresponding body part in other vertebrates. |
| ~ extremity | that part of a limb that is farthest from the torso. |
| ~ fingertip | the end (tip) of a finger. |
| ~ pollex, thumb | the thick short innermost digit of the forelimb. |
| ~ forefinger, index finger, index | the finger next to the thumb. |
| ~ annualry, ring finger | the third finger (especially of the left hand). |
| ~ middle finger | the second finger; between the index finger and the ring finger. |
| ~ little finger, pinkie, pinky | the finger farthest from the thumb. |
| ~ fingernail | the nail at the end of a finger. |
| ~ knuckle, knuckle joint, metacarpophalangeal joint | a joint of a finger when the fist is closed. |
| n. (quantity) | 2. digit, finger, finger's breadth, fingerbreadth | the length of breadth of a finger used as a linear measure. |
| ~ linear measure, linear unit | a unit of measurement of length. |
| n. (artifact) | 3. finger | one of the parts of a glove that provides covering for a finger or thumb. |
| ~ covering | an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it). |
| ~ glove | handwear: covers the hand and wrist. |
| v. (contact) | 4. finger, thumb | feel or handle with the fingers.; "finger the binding of the book" |
| ~ touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with.; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" |
| v. (contact) | 5. feel, finger | examine by touch.; "Feel this soft cloth!"; "The customer fingered the sweater" |
| ~ touch | make physical contact with, come in contact with.; "Touch the stone for good luck"; "She never touched her husband" |
| ~ feel | grope or feel in search of something.; "He felt for his wallet" |
| v. (contact) | 6. finger | search for on the computer.; "I fingered my boss and found that he is not logged on in the afternoons" |
| ~ look for, search, seek | try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of.; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county" |
| v. (communication) | 7. finger | indicate the fingering for the playing of musical scores for keyboard instruments. |
| ~ 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" |
| appoint | | |
| v. (social) | 1. appoint, constitute, name, nominate | create and charge with a task or function.; "nominate a committee" |
| ~ institute, establish, found, plant, constitute | set up or lay the groundwork for.; "establish a new department" |
| ~ pack | set up a committee or legislative body with one's own supporters so as to influence the outcome.; "pack a jury" |
| ~ co-opt | appoint summarily or commandeer.; "The army tried to co-opt peasants into civil defence groups" |
| v. (social) | 2. appoint, charge | assign a duty, responsibility or obligation to.; "He was appointed deputy manager"; "She was charged with supervising the creation of a concordance" |
| ~ assign, delegate, designate, depute | give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person). |
| ~ depute, deputise, deputize | appoint as a substitute. |
| ~ name, nominate, make | charge with a function; charge to be.; "She was named Head of the Committee"; "She was made president of the club" |
| ~ authorise, empower, authorize | give or delegate power or authority to.; "She authorized her assistant to sign the papers" |
| ~ accredit | provide or send (envoys or embassadors) with official credentials. |
| ~ create | invest with a new title, office, or rank.; "Create one a peer" |
| v. (possession) | 3. appoint | furnish.; "a beautifully appointed house" |
| ~ equip, fit out, outfit, fit | provide with (something) usually for a specific purpose.; "The expedition was equipped with proper clothing, food, and other necessities" |
| indicate | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. 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. (communication) | 2. 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. (communication) | 3. indicate | to state or express briefly.; "indicated his wishes in a letter" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ record, register, read, show | indicate a certain reading; of gauges and instruments.; "The thermometer showed thirteen degrees below zero"; "The gauge read `empty'" |
| ~ signify | make known with a word or signal.; "He signified his wish to pay the bill for our meal" |
| ~ call | indicate a decision in regard to.; "call balls and strikes behind the plate" |
| v. (communication) | 4. argue, indicate | give evidence of.; "The evidence argues for your claim"; "The results indicate the need for more work" |
| ~ present, lay out, represent | bring forward and present to the mind.; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason" |
| v. (communication) | 5. indicate, suggest | suggest the necessity of an intervention; in medicine.; "Tetracycline is indicated in such cases" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| instruct | | |
| v. (communication) | 1. instruct, learn, teach | impart skills or knowledge to.; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" |
| ~ larn, learn, acquire | gain knowledge or skills.; "She learned dancing from her sister"; "I learned Sanskrit"; "Children acquire language at an amazing rate" |
| ~ train, educate, prepare, develop | create by training and teaching.; "The old master is training world-class violinists"; "we develop the leaders for the future" |
| ~ indoctrinate | teach doctrines to; teach uncritically.; "The Moonies indoctrinate their disciples" |
| ~ drill | teach by repetition. |
| ~ catechise, catechize | give religious instructions to. |
| ~ reinforce, reward | strengthen and support with rewards.; "Let's reinforce good behavior" |
| ~ spoonfeed | teach without challenging the students.; "This professor spoonfeeds his students" |
| ~ induct | introduce or initiate.; "The young geisha was inducted into the ways of her profession" |
| ~ mentor | serve as a teacher or trusted counselor.; "The famous professor mentored him during his years in graduate school"; "She is a fine lecturer but she doesn't like mentoring" |
| ~ tutor | be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction.; "She tutored me in Spanish" |
| ~ unteach | cause to disbelieve; teach someone the contrary of what he or she had learned earlier. |
| ~ unteach | cause to unlearn.; "teach somebody to unlearn old habits or methods" |
| ~ ground | instruct someone in the fundamentals of a subject. |
| ~ lecture, talk | deliver a lecture or talk.; "She will talk at Rutgers next week"; "Did you ever lecture at Harvard?" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| ~ coach, train | teach and supervise (someone); act as a trainer or coach (to), as in sports.; "He is training our Olympic team"; "She is coaching the crew" |
| ~ edify, enlighten | make understand.; "Can you enlighten me--I don't understand this proposal" |
| ~ condition | establish a conditioned response. |
| v. (communication) | 2. instruct | give instructions or directions for some task.; "She instructed the students to work on their pronunciation" |
| ~ order, enjoin, tell, say | give instructions to or direct somebody to do something with authority.; "I said to him to go home"; "She ordered him to do the shopping"; "The mother told the child to get dressed" |
| ~ charge | instruct or command with authority.; "The teacher charged the children to memorize the poem" |
| ~ charge | instruct (a jury) about the law, its application, and the weighing of evidence. |
| v. (communication) | 3. apprise, apprize, instruct | make aware of.; "Have the students been apprised of the tuition hike?" |
| ~ direct | give directions to; point somebody into a certain direction.; "I directed them towards the town hall" |
| ~ brief | give essential information to someone.; "The reporters were briefed about the President's plan to invade" |
| ~ inform | impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to.; "I informed him of his rights" |
| 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. (stative) | 27. 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) | 28. 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) | 29. 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. (motion) | 30. 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) | 31. point | mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics. |
| ~ mark, tag, label | attach a tag or label to.; "label these bottles" |
| v. (contact) | 32. point | mark with diacritics.; "point the letter" |
| ~ mark, tag, label | attach a tag or label to.; "label these bottles" |
| v. (contact) | 33. 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) | 34. 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) | 35. 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) | 36. 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) | 37. 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) | 38. 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" |
| teach | | |
| n. (person) | 1. blackbeard, edward teach, edward thatch, teach, thatch | an English pirate who operated in the Caribbean and off the Atlantic coast of North America (died in 1718). |
| ~ buccaneer, sea robber, sea rover, pirate | someone who robs at sea or plunders the land from the sea without having a commission from any sovereign nation. |
| v. (change) | 2. teach | accustom gradually to some action or attitude.; "The child is taught to obey her parents" |
| ~ accustom, habituate | make psychologically or physically used (to something).; "She became habituated to the background music" |
| tutor | | |
| n. (person) | 1. coach, private instructor, tutor | a person who gives private instruction (as in singing, acting, etc.). |
| ~ singing, vocalizing | the act of singing vocal music. |
| ~ crammer | a teacher who is paid to cram students for examinations. |
| ~ instructor, teacher | a person whose occupation is teaching. |
| v. (communication) | 2. tutor | be a tutor to someone; give individual instruction.; "She tutored me in Spanish" |
| ~ instruct, teach, learn | impart skills or knowledge to.; "I taught them French"; "He instructed me in building a boat" |
| v. (social) | 3. tutor | act as a guardian to someone. |
| ~ interrelate, relate | be in a relationship with.; "How are these two observations related?" |
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