sight : Idioms & Phrases

• adverb immediately
  at first glance.
  
  • it was love at first sight

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• as soon as seen, or presented to sight; as, a draft payable at sight: to read Greek at sight; to shoot a person at sight.

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• noun an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges
  battlesight.
  

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• a form of entry at the customhouse, by which goods, respecting which the importer is not possessed of full information, may be provisionally landed for examination.

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Breech" sight`

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1. A device attached to the breech of a firearm, to guide the eye, in conjunction with the front sight, in taking aim.

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• verb see something for a brief time
  get a look; catch a glimpse.
  

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• adjective satellite having sharp clear vision
  
• adjective satellite mentally acute or penetratingly discerning
  perspicacious; clear-eyed.
  
  • too clear-eyed not to see what problems would follow
  • chaos could be prevented only by clear-sighted leadership
  • much too perspicacious to be taken in by so spurious an argument

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Clear"-sight`ed adjective

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1. Seeing with clearness; discerning; as, clear-sighted reason

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• . (Med.) See Hemeralopia.

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• adjective satellite having greatly reduced vision
  visually impaired; sand-blind; purblind; visually challenged; near-blind.
  

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Dim"-sight`ed adjective

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1. Having dim sight; lacking perception. Dim"-sight`ed*ness, n.

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Dull"-sight`ed adjective

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1. Having poor eyesight.

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Ea"gle-sight`ed adjective

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1. Farsighted and strong-sighted; sharp-sighted. Shak.

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• that one of the two sights of a gun which is near the muzzle.

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• (Firearms), the sight nearest the muzzle.

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• a form of front sight placed on target rifles.

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• noun a sight used for aiming a gun
  gunsight.
  

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Half"-sight`ed adjective

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1. Seeing imperfectly; having weak discernment. Bacon.

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High"-sight`ed adjective

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1. Looking upward; supercilious. Shak.

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• adjective satellite at or within a reasonable distance for seeing
  
  • not a policeman in sight
  • kept the monkey in view

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• adjective satellite having very keen vision
  hawk-eyed; keen-sighted; argus-eyed; quick-sighted; lynx-eyed; sharp-eyed.
  
  • quick-sighted as a cat
• adjective satellite capable of seeing to a great distance
  eagle-eyed; longsighted; farseeing.
  

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• a hinges sight on a firearm, which can be raised or folded down.

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• noun an imaginary straight line along which an observer looks
  line of vision.
  

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• (Firearms), the line which passes through the front and rear sight, at any elevation, when they are sighted at an object.

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Long"-sight noun

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1. Long-sightedness Good.

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Long"-sight`ed adjective

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1. Able to see objects at a great distance; hence, having great foresight; sagacious; farseeing.
2. Able to see objects distinctly at a distance, but not close at hand; hypermetropic.

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• verb be no longer able to see
  
  • We lost sight of the tower as pulled out of the harbor

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• . (Gun.) See Dispart, n., 2.

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• . (Med.) See Nyctolopia.

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• noun the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight)
  twilight vision; night vision; scotopic vision.
  

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• adverb definitely not
  by no means; not by a blame sight.
  
  • the prize is by no means certain
  • and that isn't all, not by a long sight

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• adverb definitely not
  by no means; not by a blame sight.
  
  • the prize is by no means certain
  • and that isn't all, not by a long sight

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• noun rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope
  

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• . (Firearms) (a) A front sight through which the objects aimed at may be seen, in distinction from one that hides the object . (b) A rear sight having an open notch instead of an aperture.

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• adjective satellite not accessible to view
  hidden; concealed.
  
  • concealed (or hidden) damage
  • in stormy weather the stars are out of sight
• adverb no longer visible
  out of view.
  
  • the ship disappeared behind the horizon and passed out of sight
• adverb quietly in concealment
  in hiding; doggo.
  
  • he lay doggo

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• noun gunsight (a telescopic device for an artillery piece) that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle
  

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• noun rear gunsight having an adjustable eyepiece with a small aperture through which the front sight and the target are aligned
  

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• an adjustable piece, pierced with a small hole to peep through in aiming, attached to a rifle or other firearm near the breech.

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• . See under Peep, and Rear.

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• (Persp.), in a perspective drawing, the point assumed as that occupied by the eye of the spectator.

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• adjective satellite having very keen vision
  hawk-eyed; keen-sighted; argus-eyed; quick-sighted; lynx-eyed; sharp-eyed.
  
  • quick-sighted as a cat
• adjective satellite keenly perceptive or alert
  sharp-eyed; quick-sighted.
  
  • quick-sighted into the faults of the time"- Leonard Bacon

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Quick"-sight`ed adjective

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1. Having quick sight or acute discernment; quick to see or to discern. Locke. --Quick"-sight`ed*ness, n.

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• (Firearms), the sight nearest the breech.

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• noun apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
  ESP; extrasensory perception; clairvoyance; E.S.P..
  

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Sec"ond-sight` noun

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1. The power of discerning what is not visible to the physical eye, or of foreseeing future events, esp. such as are of a disastrous kind; the capacity of a seer; prophetic vision.

   he was seized with a fit of second-sight. Addison.

   Nor less availed his optic sleight, And Scottish gift of second-sight. Trumbull.

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• adjective satellite foreseeing the future
  clairvoyant; precognitive.
  

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Sec"ond-sight`ed adjective

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1. Having the power of second-sight. Addison.

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• adjective satellite having very keen vision
  hawk-eyed; keen-sighted; argus-eyed; quick-sighted; lynx-eyed; sharp-eyed.
  
  • quick-sighted as a cat
• adjective satellite keenly perceptive or alert
  sharp-eyed; quick-sighted.
  
  • quick-sighted into the faults of the time"- Leonard Bacon

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Sharp"-sight`ed adjective

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1. Having quick or acute sight; -- used literally and figuratively. -- Sharp`-sight`ed*ness, n.

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• noun a draft payable on presentation
  sight bill.
  

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• noun a draft payable on presentation
  sight bill.
  

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• an order, or bill of exchange, directing the payment of money at sight.

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• noun a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie)
  visual joke.
  

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• noun the adjustment of a gunsight for elevation and windage on a particular range under favorable light conditions
  

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Sight"-hole` noun

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1. A hole for looking through; a peephole. "Stop all sight-holes." Shak.

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• verb perform music from a score without having seen the score before
  sightread.
  
  • He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread

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Sight"-see`ing adjective

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1. Engaged in, or given to, seeing sights; eager for novelties or curiosities.

Sight"-see`ing noun

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1. The act of seeing sights; eagerness for novelties or curiosities.

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Sight"-se`er noun

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1. One given to seeing sights or noted things, or eager for novelties or curiosities.

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Sight"-shot` noun

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1. Distance to which the sight can reach or be thrown. R. Cowley.

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• verb sing from a score without having seen it before
  sightsing.
  
  • This tenor can sightsing even the most difficult pieces

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• noun gunsight consisting of a telescope on a firearm for use as a sight
  telescope sight.
  

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• (Firearms), a slender telescope attached to the barrel, having cross wires in the eyepiece and used as a sight.

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• noun gunsight consisting of a telescope on a firearm for use as a sight
  telescope sight.
  

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• (as a ship at sea), to come in sight; to appear.

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• . (a) To cease to see; as, to lose sight of the land. (b) To overlook; to forget; to fail to perceive; as, he lost sight of the issue .

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• to take aim; to look for the purpose of directing a piece of artillery, or the like.

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