sight
n 1: an instance of visual perception; "the sight of his wife
brought him back to reality"; "the train was an
unexpected sight"
2: anything that is seen; "he was a familiar sight on the
television" or "they went to Paris to see the sights"
3: the ability to see; the faculty of vision [syn: {vision}, {visual
sense}, {visual modality}]
4: a device for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or
surveying instrument
5: a range of mental vision; "in his sight she could do no
wrong"
6: the range of vision; "out of sight of land"
7: the act of looking or seeing or observing; "he tried to get
a better view of it"; "his survey of the battlefield was
limited" [syn: {view}, {survey}]
8: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent:
"a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of
money"; "it must have cost plenty" [syn: {batch}, {deal},
{flock}, {good deal}, {great deal}, {hatful}, {heap}, {lot},
{mass}, {mess}, {mickle}, {mint}, {muckle}, {peck}, {pile},
{plenty}, {pot}, {quite a little}, {raft}, {slew}, {spate},
{stack}, {tidy sum}, {wad}, {whole lot}, {whole slew}]
v : catch sight of; to perceive with the eyes: "caught sight of
the kings men coming over the ridge."