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punta — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bit noun A small piece or amount of something.
  • bore verb To make someone feel uninterested and tired through dullness.
  • drill verb To make a hole in something using a rotating cutting tool.
  • nib noun The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
  • pile noun A number of things heaped or stacked on top of each other.
  • prong noun A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool.
  • spike noun A large, pointed piece of metal, or anything shaped like one.
  • spire noun A tall, tapering structure that rises to a point, especially on top of a church tower.
  • tine noun A pointed prong, such as one of the points of a fork or a comb tooth.
  • tip noun The pointed or outer end of something.
  • toe noun Any of the five digits at the end of the human foot.

Senses

punta is used for these senses in English:

  • bore A tool, such as an auger, for making a hole by boring.
  • drill The portion of a drilling tool that drives the bit.
  • nib The tip of a pen or tool that touches the surface, transferring ink to paper.
  • pile The head of an arrow or spear.
  • prong A thin, pointed, projecting part, as of an antler or a fork or similar tool. A tine.
  • scriber A sharp-pointed tool, used by joiners for drawing lines; a marking awl.
  • spike A sort of very large nail.
  • spike (by extension) Anything resembling such a nail in shape.

bit — full definition

  1. noun A small piece or amount of something.
  2. noun The smallest unit of digital information, representing a 0 or a 1.
  3. verb Past tense of "bite".

bore — full definition

  1. verb To make someone feel uninterested and tired through dullness.
  2. verb To drill a hole through something.
  3. noun A person or thing that is dull and uninteresting.
  4. noun The inner diameter of a tube or gun barrel.

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