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sift<br />

sigh<br />

v. 1 strain, sieve, riddle, filter, screen, bolt; winnow,<br />

separate, weed out, sort out, select, choose, pick: It is not<br />

easy to sift out the promising manuscripts. 2 examine, analyse,<br />

study, probe, screen, scrutinize, investigate: The police are<br />

sifting the evidence of the witnesses.<br />

v. 1 breathe, sough; suspire: Troilus sighed forth his soul to<br />

the tent where sleeping Cressid lay. 2 sigh for. bemoan, lament<br />

or mourn or grieve or weep for, bewail; yearn or pine for: Now<br />

and then, all of us sigh for the good old days.<br />

--n. 3 murmur, exhalation, sound; suspiration: I gave a sigh<br />

of relief as the train left the station.<br />

sight<br />

n. 1 eyesight, vision, eyes: His sight was completely restored<br />

by the operation. 2 field of view or of vision, range of<br />

vision, ken, perception, view, eyeshot, gaze: We turned a<br />

corner, and at last the welcoming lights of the pub came into<br />

sight. 3 spectacle, scene, show; rarity, marvel, wonder,<br />

phenomenon; pageant: I shall never forget the sight of Biffy<br />

Harbottle, stark naked, standing on that table in the officers'<br />

club. We went to Rome to see the sights. 4 mess, disaster,<br />

eyesore, monstrosity, Colloq fright, atrocity: The flat looked<br />

a sight after the boys finally moved out. 5 catch sight of.<br />

spot, notice, descry, spy, espy, glance at, (catch a) glimpse<br />

(of), (get a) look or peep or peek at, Colloq take a gander at,<br />

get a look-see at, Slang get a load of, US glom, pipe: We<br />

caught sight of a sinister-looking person slipping behind a<br />

pillar. 6 out of sight. a remote, distant, far-away, unseeable,<br />

imperceptible, invisible: She soon walked out of sight down the<br />

road. The mortar emplacement is out of sight, over the hill. b<br />

unusual, rare, extraordinary, outrageous, imaginative,<br />

awe-inspiring, incredible, shocking, unreal, moving, jolting,<br />

Colloq neat, cool, Brit brilliant, brill: The gig last night<br />

was out of sight, man.<br />

--v. 7 look, view, (take) aim, peer, peek, peep, draw a bead:<br />

Sight along this stick and you'll see a cluster of stars called<br />

the Pleiades. 8 spot, see, catch sight of, mark, observe,<br />

behold, view, distinguish, discern, identify, note, notice,<br />

remark, glimpse, descry, espy, spy: A group of bird-watchers<br />

have sighted a golden eagle recently in the Grampians.

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