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Definition of pointing : 1. of Point
2. The act of designating, as a position or direction, by means of something pointed, as a finger or a rod.
3. The act of filling and finishing the joints in masonry with mortar, cement, etc.; also, the material so used.
4. The act of sharpening.
5. The act or art of punctuating; punctuation.
6. 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.
7. The rubbing off of the point of the wheat grain in the first process of high milling.

Synonyms:

branding, gesticulating, flagging, notifying, cueing, beckoning, labeling, winking, noting, motioning, placing, ticketing, designating, marking, declaring, gesturing, signaling, nodding, shrugging, denoting, prompting, alerting, nudging, showing, symbolizing, waving, tagging, betokening, pointing out, stamping, guiding, indicating

facing, turned

lancing, drilling, piercing, penetrating, punching, poking, spiking, puncturing, gouging, needling, skewering, sticking, boring, perforating, spearing

Usage examples:

• But there," pointing to the paper, " is proof of what I have long suspected. - "In the Days of Drake", J. S. Fletcher.
• This led Clarke to think of Blake, since he realized that Challoner was right in pointing out that the man was his greatest difficulty. - "Blake's Burden", Harold Bindloss.
• Varin drew a revolver and, pointing it at Mon. - "The Extraordinary Adventures of Arsene Lupin, Gentleman-Burglar", Maurice Leblanc.