'Sight' definitions:
Definition of 'sight'
From: WordNet
noun
An instance of visual perception; "the sight of his wife brought him back to reality"; "the train was an unexpected sight"
noun
Anything that is seen; "he was a familiar sight on the television"; "they went to Paris to see the sights"
noun
noun
A range of mental vision; "in his sight she could do no wrong"
noun
The range of vision; "out of sight of land" [syn: sight, ken]
noun
The act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was limited" [syn: view, survey, sight]
noun
(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" [syn: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad]
verb
Catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge" [syn: spy, sight]
verb
Take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device)
Definition of 'Sight'
From: GCIDE
- Sight \Sight\, v. i. (Mil.) To take aim by a sight. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sight'
From: GCIDE
- Sight \Sight\ (s[imac]t), n. [OE. sight, si[thorn]t, siht, AS. siht, gesiht, gesih[eth], gesieh[eth], gesyh[eth]; akin to D. gezicht, G. sicht, gesicht, Dan. sigte, Sw. sigt, from the root of E. see. See See, v. t.]
- 1. The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view; as, to gain sight of land. [1913 Webster]
- A cloud received him out of their sight. --Acts. i. 9. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The power of seeing; the faculty of vision, or of perceiving objects by the instrumentality of the eyes. [1913 Webster]
- Thy sight is young, And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The state of admitting unobstructed vision; visibility; open view; region which the eye at one time surveys; space through which the power of vision extends; as, an object within sight. [1913 Webster]
- 4. A spectacle; a view; a show; something worth seeing. [1913 Webster]
- Moses said, I will now turn aside and see this great sight, why the bush is not burnt. --Ex. iii. 3. [1913 Webster]
- They never saw a sight so fair. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
- 5. The instrument of seeing; the eye. [1913 Webster]
- Why cloud they not their sights? --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 6. Inspection; examination; as, a letter intended for the sight of only one person. [1913 Webster]
- 7. Mental view; opinion; judgment; as, in their sight it was harmless. --Wake. [1913 Webster]
- That which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God. --Luke xvi. 15. [1913 Webster]
- 8. A small aperture or optical device through which objects are to be seen, and by which their direction is settled or ascertained; -- used on surveying instruments; as, the sight of a quadrant. [1913 Webster]
- Thier eyes of fire sparking through sights of steel. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 9. An optical device or small piece of metal, fixed or movable, on the breech, muzzle, center, or trunnion of a gun, or on the breech and the muzzle of a rifle, pistol, etc., by means of which the eye is guided in aiming. A telescope mounted on a weapon, such as a rifle, and used for accurate aiming at distant targets is called a telescopic sight. --Farrow. [1913 Webster]
- 10. In a drawing, picture, etc., that part of the surface, as of paper or canvas, which is within the frame or the border or margin. In a frame or the like, the open space, the opening. [1913 Webster]
- 11. A great number, quantity, or sum; as, a sight of money. [Now colloquial] [1913 Webster]
- Note: Sight in this last sense was formerly employed in the best usage. "A sight of lawyers." --Latimer. [1913 Webster]
- A wonder sight of flowers. --Gower. [1913 Webster]
- At sight, as soon as seen, or presented to sight; as, a draft payable at sight: to read Greek at sight; to shoot a person at sight.
- Front sight (Firearms), the sight nearest the muzzle.
- Open sight. (Firearms) (a) A front sight through which the objects aimed at may be seen, in distinction from one that hides the object. (b) A rear sight having an open notch instead of an aperture.
- Peep sight, Rear sight. See under Peep, and Rear.
- Sight draft, an order, or bill of exchange, directing the payment of money at sight.
- To take sight, to take aim; to look for the purpose of directing a piece of artillery, or the like. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: Vision; view; show; spectacle; representation; exhibition. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Sight'
From: GCIDE
- Sight \Sight\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sighted; p. pr. & vb. n. Sighting.]
- 1. To get sight of; to see; as, to sight land; to sight a wreck. --Kane. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star. [1913 Webster]
- 3. To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of; also, to give the proper elevation and direction to by means of a sight; as, to sight a rifle or a cannon. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'sight'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- aim,
- aim at,
- airscape,
- amazement,
- angle,
- angle of vision,
- Anschauung,
- assumption,
- astonishing thing,
- astonishment,
- atrocity,
- attitude,
- awe-inspiring,
- baboon,
- bag,
- barrel,
- basis,
- batch,
- behold,
- bend,
- blemish,
- blot,
- bombsight,
- brilliant,
- catch sight of,
- chromesthesia,
- cityscape,
- clap eyes on,
- clear sight,
- climate of opinion,
- cloudscape,
- color hearing,
- color vision,
- command,
- common belief,
- community sentiment,
- conceit,
- concept,
- conception,
- conclusion,
- cone vision,
- consensus gentium,
- considerable,
- consideration,
- cool,
- cosmorama,
- curiosity,
- cyclorama,
- day vision,
- daylight vision,
- deal,
- dekko,
- descry,
- determine,
- diorama,
- direct,
- directionize,
- disaster,
- discern,
- discernment,
- discover,
- display,
- distant,
- distinguish,
- dog,
- domination,
- espy,
- estimate,
- estimation,
- ethos,
- exception,
- exhibit,
- exhibition,
- exposition,
- extraordinary,
- eye,
- eye-mindedness,
- eyeful,
- eyereach,
- eyes,
- eyeshot,
- eyesight,
- eyesore,
- farsight,
- farsightedness,
- feeling,
- field of view,
- field of vision,
- finder,
- five senses,
- fix,
- fix on,
- footing,
- frame of reference,
- framework,
- fright,
- gargoyle,
- gaze,
- gazingstock,
- general belief,
- georama,
- glance at,
- glimpse,
- glom,
- gobs,
- good deal,
- great deal,
- hag,
- harridan,
- have in sight,
- heap,
- heaps,
- hearing,
- hold on,
- horizon,
- idea,
- identify,
- imaginative,
- imperceptible,
- impression,
- incredible,
- invisible,
- jolting,
- judgment,
- keen sight,
- ken,
- landscape,
- lashings,
- lay eyes on,
- leaf sight,
- leer,
- leering look,
- level at,
- light,
- light show,
- lights,
- limit of vision,
- line of sight,
- loads,
- look,
- look on,
- look upon,
- look-in,
- lookout,
- lot,
- lots,
- lump,
- lustful leer,
- make out,
- mark,
- marvel,
- marvelment,
- mass,
- mental outlook,
- mess,
- mind,
- mint,
- miracle,
- monster,
- monstrosity,
- moving,
- much,
- myriorama,
- mystique,
- naked eye,
- neat,
- night vision,
- no beauty,
- nonesuch,
- note,
- notice,
- notion,
- observation,
- observe,
- oodles,
- open sight,
- opinion,
- out of sight,
- outlook,
- outlook over,
- outrageous,
- pack,
- pageant,
- pageantry,
- panorama,
- panoramic sight,
- parade,
- peck,
- peek,
- peep,
- peep sight,
- peer,
- perceive,
- perception,
- peripheral field,
- peripheral vision,
- personal judgment,
- perspective,
- perspicacity,
- perspicuity,
- phantasmagoria,
- phenomenon,
- phonism,
- photism,
- photopia,
- pick out,
- pile,
- piles,
- pipe,
- place,
- point,
- point at,
- point of view,
- point to,
- pomp,
- popular belief,
- position,
- posture,
- pot,
- power,
- power of sight,
- present,
- presentation,
- presumption,
- prevailing belief,
- preview,
- prodigy,
- prospect,
- psychedelic show,
- public belief,
- public opinion,
- purview,
- quick sight,
- quite a little,
- quite a thing,
- raft,
- rafts,
- range,
- rare,
- rarity,
- reaction,
- receptor,
- recognize,
- reference system,
- regard,
- remark,
- remote,
- representation,
- respect,
- riverscape,
- rod vision,
- scads,
- scan,
- scape,
- scarecrow,
- scene,
- scenery,
- scenic view,
- scope,
- scope of vision,
- scotopia,
- seascape,
- see,
- seeing,
- sensation,
- sense of sight,
- sense organ,
- senses,
- sensillum,
- sensorium,
- sensory organ,
- sentiment,
- set,
- shifting scene,
- shocking,
- show,
- side,
- sidelong look,
- sight on,
- sightedness,
- sighthole,
- sightliness,
- situation,
- sixth sense,
- skyscape,
- slant,
- slew,
- slews,
- sly look,
- smell,
- something else,
- spate,
- spectacle,
- spot,
- spy,
- stack,
- stacks,
- stage show,
- stance,
- stand,
- standpoint,
- stunner,
- survey,
- sweep,
- synesthesia,
- system,
- tableau,
- tableau vivant,
- take aim,
- take in,
- taste,
- teratism,
- theory,
- thinking,
- thought,
- tidy sum,
- touch,
- townscape,
- train,
- train upon,
- turn,
- turn upon,
- twig,
- twilight vision,
- ugly duckling,
- universe,
- unobstructed vision,
- unreal,
- unseeable,
- unusual,
- view,
- viewfinder,
- viewpoint,
- vision,
- vista,
- visual acuity,
- visual field,
- visual sense,
- wad,
- wads,
- waterscape,
- way of thinking,
- whole slew,
- witch,
- witness,
- wonder,
- wonderful thing,
- wonderment
Words containing 'Sight'
- At sight,
- Sighted,
- Sightful,
- Sightfulness,
- Sighting,
- Sightly,
- in sight,
- out of sight,
- sights,
- Bill of sight,
- Breech sight,
- Day sight,
- Fore sight,
- Front sight,
- Globe sight,
- Leaf sight,
- Line of sight,
- Muzzle sight,
- Night sight,
- Open sight,
- Peep sight,
- Point of sight,
- Rear sight,
- Sight draft,
- Sighting shot,
- Telescope sight,
- Telescopic sight,
- To heave in sight,
- To lose sight of,
- To take sight,
- at first sight,
- battle sight,
- catch sight,
- clear sighted,
- dim sighted,
- dispart sight,
- in plain sight,
- keep in sight,
- lose sight of,
- not by a blame sight,
- not by a long sight,
- panoramic sight,
- second sight,
- sight bill,
- sight gag,
- sight see,
- sight setting,
- Clear-sighted,
- Dim-sighted,
- Dull-sighted,
- Eagle-sighted,
- Half-sighted,
- High-sighted,
- Long-sight,
- Long-sighted,
- Quick-sighted,
- Second-sight,
- Second-sighted,
- Sharp-sighted,
- Sight-hole,
- Sight-seeing,
- Sight-seer,
- Sight-shot,
- gun-sight,
- keen-sighted,
- near-sighted,
- night-sight,
- short-sighted,
- sight-read,
- sight-sing