Hinweisen — meaning in English

English meaning

• pointing noun The act of indicating direction or location with a finger or object.
• portend verb To serve as a warning or omen of.

Senses

Hinweisen is used for these senses in English:

• point out (transitive, idiomatic) To identify among a group of similar subjects, or in a scene where the subject might not be readily seen or noticed, with a gesture of the body.
• pointing (art) 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.
• portend (transitive) To signify; to denote.

pointing — full definition

1. noun The act of indicating direction or location with a finger or object.
2. noun The mortar used to fill the joints between bricks or stones, or the process of applying it.
3. noun The system of punctuation marks used in writing.

portend — full definition

1. verb To serve as a warning or omen of.
2. verb To signify; to denote.

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