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.