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Sight (Verb)

Meaning 1

Take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device).

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Examples

  • She carefully raised the rifle to her shoulder and began to sight down the barrel at her target.
  • The sniper spent several minutes trying to sight his rifle on the remote objective.
  • It took him a few attempts to properly sight the pistol before he felt confident to try shooting.
  • She lifted the bow and drew back the string, using the marks on the bow to sight the bullseye.
  • In the stillness of the woods, he slowly began to sight in on the unsuspecting deer.

Hypernyms

  • Train
  • Take Aim
  • Direct
  • Take

Meaning 2

Catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes; "he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge".

Classification

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling.

Synonyms

  • Spy

Hypernyms

  • Perceive

Hyponyms

  • Espy
  • Notice
  • Descry
  • Detect
  • Spy
  • Find
  • Discover

Related Words

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