OZDIC

sight

UK /saɪt/ US /saɪt/
noun 5verb 4

Definitions

noun

1

The ability to see.

He is losing his sight and now can barely read.

Thy sight is young, / And thou shalt read when mine begin to dazzle.

2

The act of seeing; perception of objects by the eye; view.

to gain sight of land

And when hee had spoken these things, while they beheld, hee was taken vp, and a cloud receiued him out of their sight.

3

Something seen.

He's a really remarkable man and it's very hard to get him in one's sights; […]

4

Something worth seeing; a spectacle, either good or bad.

We went to London and saw all the sights – Buckingham Palace, Tower Bridge, and so on.

You really look a sight in that ridiculous costume!

5

A device used in aiming a projectile, through which the person aiming looks at the intended target.

verb

1

To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.

I was on my way to the door, but all at once, through the fog in my head, I began to sight one reef that I hadn't paid any attention to afore.

to sight land from a ship

2

To see; to get sight of (something); to register visually.

Next a point of known elevation, preferably one of the triangulation stations, is sighted; the vertical angle is read and the horizontal distance is scaled from the point of the setup on the map to the point sighted.

3

To apply sights to; to adjust the sights of.

to sight a rifle or a cannon

4

To observe or aim (at something) using a (gun) sight.

Jim braced the gun and sighted, tried to pull the trigger. Beside him a body collapsed, limp. It was Max. A shot had gone through his brain. Jim stared down at him, numb with horror.

So I sighted the deer with my .30—30 and fired at him. The bullet hit about ten yards below the deer. I realized that I had a problem with the gun so I aimed about ten yards above the deer as he was running and he dropped dead on the [spot].

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