pointing
The action of the verb to pointThe action of the verb to point.
Meaning
9 senses(countable, uncountable)The action of the verb to point.
Zeigen, Hinweisen
(countable, uncountable)The filling of joints in brickwork or masonry with mortar.
Verfugen, Ausfugen
(collective, countable, proscribed, singular, sometimes, uncountable, usually)Mortar that has been placed between bricks to fill the gap.
Fugenmörtel, Fugenmasse
(countable, uncountable)The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
(countable, uncountable)The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.
(countable, uncountable)The act or process of measuring, at the various distances from the surface of a block of marble, the surface of a future piece of statuary; also, a process used in cutting the statue from the artist's model.
In Anglican chant:
(uncountable)The practice of placing metrical marks in a text (typically a psalm), which indicate the syllables on which the chant should progress to the next note, as well as features such as pauses.
(countable)A particular arrangement of such marks within a given text.
Psalm pointings sometimes differ between psalters.
(countable, uncountable)Synonym of nikud.
Translations
1 languagesBy meaning 3
Origin
From point + -ing.From point + -ing.
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Forms
plural: pointingsSynonyms
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11 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable