ALL meanings of stretch a point
stretch a point
S s - noun stretch a point a critical position in a course of affairs: Morale had reached a low point. 1
- noun stretch a point a decisive state of circumstances: He reached the point where he could no longer pay his debts. 1
- noun stretch a point the important or essential thing: the point of the matter. 1
- noun stretch a point the salient feature of a story, epigram, joke, etc.: to miss the point. 1
- noun stretch a point a particular aim, end, or purpose: He carried his point. 1
- noun stretch a point a hint or suggestion: points on getting a job. 1
- noun stretch a point a single or separate article or item, as in an extended whole; a detail or particular: the fine points of a contract. 1
- noun stretch a point an individual part or element of something: noble points in her character. 1
- noun stretch a point a distinguishing mark or quality, especially one of an animal, used as a standard in stockbreeding, judging, etc. 1
- noun stretch a point points. the extremities of an animal, especially a horse or dog. Railroads, British. a switch. 1
- noun stretch a point a single unit, as in counting. 1
- noun stretch a point a unit of count in the score of a game: Our team won by five points. 1
- noun stretch a point (in craps) the number that must be thrown to win but not including 7 or 11 on the first roll: Your point is 4. 1
- noun stretch a point Ice Hockey. either of two positions, to the right or left of the goal, to which an attacking defenseman is assigned, usually in the execution of a power play, to help keep the puck in the attacking zone. 1
- noun stretch a point Basketball. a position in the front court, usually taken by the guard in charge of setting up the team's offense. 1
- noun stretch a point Cricket. the position of the fielder who plays a short distance in front of and to the offside of the batsman. the fielder playing this position. 1
- noun stretch a point Chiefly Boxing. the end or tip (of the chin). 1
- noun stretch a point Hunting. the action of a hunting dog that indicates the presence and location of game by standing rigid and directing its head toward the game. the position taken by a hunting dog in pointing game. 1
- noun stretch a point a branch of an antler of a deer: an eight-point buck. 1
- noun stretch a point Sports. a cross-country run. 1
- noun stretch a point one of the narrow tapering spaces marked on a backgammon board. 1
- noun stretch a point Education. a single credit, usually corresponding to an hour's class work per week for one semester. 1
- noun stretch a point Electricity. Also called breaker point. either of a pair of contacts tipped with tungsten or platinum that make or break current flow in a distributor, as in an automobile. British. an outlet or socket. 1
- noun stretch a point Commerce. a unit of price quotation, as in the U.S., one dollar in stock transactions, one hundredth of a cent in cotton and coffee, or one cent in oil, grain, pork, etc.: The price of stock went up two points today. (especially in motion pictures) a percentage point, usually of the gross profits, granted to someone who agrees to invest or otherwise participate in a business project: The star of the movie received a million dollar guarantee and five points. 1
- noun stretch a point one percent of the face value of a loan, especially a mortgage loan, added on as a placement fee or a service charge and paid in advance or upon closing of the loan. 1
- noun stretch a point Jewelry. a unit of weight equal to 1/100 (.01) of a carat. 1
- noun stretch a point Military. a patrol or reconnaissance unit that goes ahead of the advance party of an advance guard, or follows the rear party of the rear guard. the stroke in bayonet drill or combat. 1
- noun stretch a point Printing. a unit of type measurement in the U.S. and U.K. equal to 1/72 inch, or 1/12 pica. Compare Didot point system. Also called press-point. (in a press) one of several metal prongs for perforating the sheet so that it will be in register when the reverse is printed. 1
- noun stretch a point a unit of measure of paper or card thickness, equal to 0.001 inch. 1
- noun stretch a point vaccine point. 1
- noun stretch a point point lace. 1
- noun stretch a point any lace made by hand. 1
- noun stretch a point Heraldry. one of the pendent parts of a label. 1
- noun stretch a point Railroads. the vertex of the angle formed at a frog by two rails; the intersection of gauge lines in a switch or frog. British. a tapering movable rail, as in a railroad switch. 1
- noun stretch a point (in the game of go) any place where lines intersect or meet. 1
- noun stretch a point act of pointing. 1
- noun stretch a point Archaic. a tagged ribbon or cord, formerly much used in dress, as for tying or fastening parts. 1
- noun stretch a point Obsolete. an end or conclusion. 1
- noun stretch a point Obsolete. a pointed weapon, as a dagger. 1
- noun stretch a point Obsolete. condition. 1
- verb with object stretch a point to direct (the finger, a weapon, the attention, etc.) at, to, or upon something. 1
- verb with object stretch a point to indicate the presence or position of (usually followed by out): to point out an object in the sky. 1
- verb with object stretch a point to direct attention to (usually followed by out): to point out the advantages of a proposal. 1
- verb with object stretch a point to furnish with a point or points; sharpen: to point a lead pencil. 1
- verb with object stretch a point to mark with one or more points, dots, or the like. 1
- verb with object stretch a point Sculpture. to transfer measurements of depth from a clay, wax, or plaster model to (a block of stone) by means of an apparatus that drills holes to the required depth prior to carving. 1
- verb with object stretch a point to punctuate, as writing. 1
- verb with object stretch a point Phonetics. to mark (letters) with points. 1
- verb with object stretch a point to separate (figures) by dots or points (usually followed by off). 1
- verb with object stretch a point to give greater or added force to (often followed by up): to point up the necessity for caution. 1