Meaning

7 senses
  1. (comparable)Sharp, barbed; not dull.

    The warrior brandished a pointed spear.

    spitz, spitzig

    заострённыйzaostrjónnyj

  2. (in compounds)Having a certain number of points.

    a five-pointed star

    having a point

  3. (comparable)Having a relevance to the matter at hand: pertinent, relevant.

  4. (not comparable)In animals, having a coat pattern with points, that is, darkening of the extremities.

    The Siamese is a pointed breed of cat.

  5. (comparable)Directed negatively at a person or topic.

    a pointed remark

  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.

    The class of all pointed spaces forms a category - Top_• - with basepoint preserving continuous maps as morphisms.

  7. (dated)Precise, on the dot.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
sharp at one end:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
sharp at one end:

Forms

more pointed, most pointed
Comparativemore pointed Lesson
Superlativemost pointed Lesson

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Antonyms

2 antonyms

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pointed — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto