pointed
What is the Definition of pointed?
Verb:
- indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively
- be oriented
- direct into a position for use
- direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
- be a signal for or a symptom of
- sail close to the wind
- mark (Hebrew words)
- mark with diacritics
- mark (a psalm text)
- be positionable in a specified manner
- intend (something)
- indicate the presence of (game)
- give a point to
- repair the joints of bricks
Adjective:
- having a point
- direct and obvious in meaning or reference; often unpleasant
How can I use pointed in a sentence?
He was too sleepy even to be surprised that the people in the portraits along the corridors whispered and pointed as they passed, or that twice Percy led them through doorways hidden behind sliding panels and hanging tapestries.
He leaned forward and pointed his broom handle down — next second he was gathering speed in a steep dive, racing the ball — wind whistled in his ears, mingled with the screams of people watching — he stretched out his hand — a foot from the ground he caught it, just in time to pull his broom straight, and he toppled gently onto the grass with the Remembrall clutched safely in his fist.
Harry, still cheering, nudged Ron in the ribs and pointed at Malfoy, who could not have looked more stunned and horrified if he would just had the Body-Bind Curse put on him.
Up at the High Table, Dumbledore had swapped his pointed wizard's hat for a flowered bonnet, and was chuckling merrily at a joke Professor Flitwick had just read him.
He did not see the owls swooping past in broad daylight, though people down in the street did; they pointed and gazed open-mouthed as owl after owl sped overhead.