Definitions of point:

• noun:   sharp end

  Example: "He stuck the point of the knife into a tree"

• noun:   a wall socket
• noun:   the gun muzzle's direction

  Example: "He held me up at the point of a gun"

• noun:   an outstanding characteristic

  Example: "His acting was one of the high points of the movie"

• noun:   a distinguishing or individuating characteristic

  Example: "He knows my bad points as well as my good points"

• noun:   the property of a shape that tapers to a sharp point
• noun:   a geometric element that has position but no extension

  Example: "A point is defined by its coordinates"

• noun:   the object of an activity

  Example: "What is the point of discussing it?"

• noun:   a brief version of the essential meaning of something

  Example: "Get to the point"

• noun:   a V-shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer

  Example: "The point of the arrow was due north"

• noun:   the precise location of something; a spatially limited location

  Example: "She walked to a point where she could survey the whole street"

• noun:   a promontory extending out into a large body of water

  Example: "They sailed south around the point"

• noun:   the unit of counting in scoring a game or contest

  Example: "He scored 20 points in the first half"

• noun:   a linear unit used to measure the size of type; approximately 1/72 inch
• noun:   a style in speech or writing that arrests attention and has a penetrating or convincing quality or effect
• noun:   a V shape

  Example: "The cannibal's teeth were filed to sharp points"

• noun:   a very small circular shape

  Example: "A row of points"

• noun:   an instant of time

  Example: "At that point I had to leave"

• noun:   a distinct part that can be specified separately in a group of things that could be enumerated on a list

  Example: "The main point on the agenda was taken up first"

• noun:   a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations
• noun:   any of 32 horizontal directions indicated on the card of a compass

  Example: "He checked the point on his compass"

• noun:   a contact in the distributor; as the rotor turns its projecting arm contacts distributor points and current flows to the spark plugs
• noun:   an isolated fact that is considered separately from the whole

  Example: "A point of information"

• noun:   a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process
• verb:   repair the joints of bricks

  Example: "Point a chimney"

• verb:   be positionable in a specified manner

  Example: "The gun points with ease"

• verb:   mark (a psalm text) to indicate the points at which the music changes
• verb:   mark with diacritics

  Example: "Point the letter"

• verb:   mark (Hebrew words) with diacritics
• verb:   be oriented

  Example: "The weather vane points North"

• verb:   indicate a place, direction, person, or thing; either spatially or figuratively

  Example: "He pointed to the empty parking space"

• verb:   sail close to the wind
• verb:   give a point to
• verb:   direct into a position for use

  Example: "Point a gun"

• verb:   be a signal for or a symptom of

  Example: "Her behavior points to a severe neurosis"

• verb:   intend (something) to move towards a certain goal
• verb:   direct the course; determine the direction of travelling
• name:  A surname (very rare: popularity rank in the U.S.: #39559)