sight (
http://definr.com/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 optical instrument 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" [syn:
ken]
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"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "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."