sight
sight ['s] n
OE; see see, v.
- Seeing; beholding; perception by the eye.
- Glance; glimpse.
- Faculty of vision; the eye; view
- Range of vision; open view.
- Eye; instrument of seeing.
- That which is beheld; a show; spectacle; view.
- Mental view; viewpoint, opinion, judgment.
- Phrase. “In sight”: at or within a reasonable distance.
- Phrase. “In sight of”: at a position commanding a view of something.
- Phrase. “Out of sight”: invisible; disappeared.
- Phrase. “Out of sight”: beyond comparison; beyond all expectation or reason.
- [Fig.] catching.
sight [-ed, -s] v
see sight, n.
- To get or catch sight of.