What is the meaning of SIGHT. Phrases containing SIGHT
See meanings and uses of SIGHT!Slangs & AI meanings
To come in sight, to appear. A nautical phrase that originated with approaching vessels which appeared to raise or heave itself above the horizon.
Sight is slang for a good deal, a large amount. Sight is slang for something shocking.Sight is Australian slang for to tolerate. Sight is Australian slang for to observe.
Out of sight is slang for extreme or very unusual.
By a long sight is American slang for by a long way, by a good deal.
Take sights is criminal slang for observe, watch closely.
a great quantity (used ironically “look at the sight of youâ€)
Thumbing your nose at a senior shipmate behind their back. It is reminiscent of a person taking a sight with a sextant, but it is not meant for navigation.
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Having sight, or seeing, in a particular manner; -- used in composition; as, long-sighted, short-sighted, quick-sighted, sharp-sighted, and the like.
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Having the power of second-sight.
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Open to sight; conspicuous; as, a house stands in a sightly place.
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The state of being sightly; comeliness; conspicuousness.
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Engaged in, or given to, seeing sights; eager for novelties or curiosities.
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of Sightsman
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Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown.
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Offensive or unpleasing to the eye; unsightly; as, sightless stains.
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To take aim by a sight.
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To look at through a sight; to see accurately; as, to sight an object, as a star.
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Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively.
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Pleasing to the sight; comely.
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One who reads or performs music readily at first sight.
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The act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.
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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.
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The state of being sightful; perspicuity.
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One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.
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Undiscoverable to sight.
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Wanting sight; without sight; blind.
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