view
survey sight | the act of looking or seeing or observing, he tried to get a better view of it, his survey of the battlefield was limited |
battle sight
battlesight | an arrangement of sights that makes possible the rapid aiming of a firearm at short ranges |
gunsight
gun-sight | a sight used for aiming a gun |
| open sight | rear gunsight having an open notch instead of a peephole or telescope |
| panoramic sight | gunsight (a telescopic device for an artillery piece) that can be rotated horizontally in a full circle |
| peep sight | rear gunsight having an adjustable eyepiece with a small aperture through which the front sight and the target are aligned |
| sight setting | the adjustment of a gunsight for elevation and windage on a particular range under favorable light conditions |
telescopic sight
telescope sight | gunsight consisting of a telescope on a firearm for use as a sight |
| sight ken | the range of vision, out of sight of land |
sight
vision visual sense
visual modality | the ability to see, the visual faculty |
night vision
night-sight
scotopic vision
twilight vision | the ability to see in reduced illumination (as in moonlight) |
| sight | an instance of visual perception, the sight of his wife brought him back to reality, the train was an unexpected sight |
| sight | a range of mental vision, in his sight she could do no wrong |
sight gag
visual joke | a joke whose effect is achieved by visual means rather than by speech (as in a movie) |
| sight | anything that is seen, he was a familiar sight on the television, they went to Paris to see the sights |
clairvoyance
second sight
extrasensory perception
E.S.P.
ESP | apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses |
line of sight
line of vision | an imaginary straight line along which an observer looks |
sight draft
sight bill | a draft payable on presentation |
b batch
deal
flock
good deal
great deal
hatful heap
lot
mass
mess
mickle
mint
mountain
muckle
passel
peck
pile
plenty
pot quite a little
raft
sight
slew
spate
stack
tidy sum
wad v b a | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent, a batch of letters, a deal of trouble, a lot of money, he made a mint on the stock market, see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos, it must have cost plenty, a slew of journalists, a wad of money |
sightread
sight-read | perform music from a score without having seen the score before, He is a brilliant pianist but he cannot sightread |
sightsing
sight-sing | sing from a score without having seen it before, This tenor can sightsing even the most difficult pieces |
catch sight
get a look
catch a glimpse | see something for a brief time |
| lose sight of | be no longer able to see, We lost sight of the tower as pulled out of the harbor |
| spy sight | catch sight of, to perceive with the eyes, he caught sight of the king's men coming over the ridge |
| sight | take aim by looking through the sights of a gun (or other device) |
| caught up(p) | having become involved involuntarily, caught up in the excitement of the crowd, caught up in the scandal |
| in sight | at or within a reasonable distance for seeing, not a policeman in sight, kept the monkey in view |
concealed
hidden
out of sight | not accessible to view, concealed (or hidden) damage, in stormy weather the stars are out of sight |
by no means
not by a long sight
not by a blame sight | definitely not, the prize is by no means certain, and that isn't all, not by a long sight |
at first sight
at first glance | immediately, it was love at first sight |
doggo
out of sight
in hiding | quietly in concealment, he lay doggo |
| out of sight out of view | no longer visible, the ship disappeared behind the horizon and passed out of sight |