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sift v. 1 strain, sieve, riddle, filter, screen, bolt; winnow,
separate, weed out, sort out, select, choose, pick: It is not
easy to sift out the promising manuscripts. 2 examine, analyse,
study, probe, screen, scrutinize, investigate: The police are
sifting the evidence of the witnesses.
sigh v. 1 breathe, sough; suspire: Troilus sighed forth his soul to
the tent where sleeping Cressid lay. 2 sigh for. bemoan, lament
or mourn or grieve or weep for, bewail; yearn or pine for: Now
and then, all of us sigh for the good old days.
--n. 3 murmur, exhalation, sound; suspiration: I gave a sigh
of relief as the train left the station.
sight n. 1 eyesight, vision, eyes: His sight was completely restored
by the operation. 2 field of view or of vision, range of
vision, ken, perception, view, eyeshot, gaze: We turned a
corner, and at last the welcoming lights of the pub came into
sight. 3 spectacle, scene, show; rarity, marvel, wonder,
phenomenon; pageant: I shall never forget the sight of Biffy
Harbottle, stark naked, standing on that table in the officers'
club. We went to Rome to see the sights. 4 mess, disaster,
eyesore, monstrosity, Colloq fright, atrocity: The flat looked
a sight after the boys finally moved out. 5 catch sight of.
spot, notice, descry, spy, espy, glance at, (catch a) glimpse
(of), (get a) look or peep or peek at, Colloq take a gander at,
get a look-see at, Slang get a load of, US glom, pipe: We
caught sight of a sinister-looking person slipping behind a
pillar. 6 out of sight. a remote, distant, far-away, unseeable,
imperceptible, invisible: She soon walked out of sight down the
road. The mortar emplacement is out of sight, over the hill. b
unusual, rare, extraordinary, outrageous, imaginative,
awe-inspiring, incredible, shocking, unreal, moving, jolting,
Colloq neat, cool, Brit brilliant, brill: The gig last night
was out of sight, man.
--v. 7 look, view, (take) aim, peer, peek, peep, draw a bead:
Sight along this stick and you'll see a cluster of stars called
the Pleiades. 8 spot, see, catch sight of, mark, observe,
behold, view, distinguish, discern, identify, note, notice,
remark, glimpse, descry, espy, spy: A group of bird-watchers
have sighted a golden eagle recently in the Grampians.