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Aim   /eɪm/   Listen
noun
Aim  n.  
1.
The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, in the line of direction with the object intended to be struck; the line of fire; the direction of anything, as a spear, a blow, a discourse, a remark, towards a particular point or object, with a view to strike or affect it. "Each at the head leveled his deadly aim."
2.
The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected. "To be the aim of every dangerous shot."
3.
Intention; purpose; design; scheme. "How oft ambitious aims are crossed!"
4.
Conjecture; guess. (Obs.) "What you would work me to, I have some aim."
To cry aim (Archery), to encourage. (Obs.)
Synonyms: End; object; scope; drift; design; purpose; intention; scheme; tendency; aspiration.


verb
Aim  v. t.  To direct or point, as a weapon, at a particular object; to direct, as a missile, an act, or a proceeding, at, to, or against an object; as, to aim a musket or an arrow, the fist or a blow (at something); to aim a satire or a reflection (at some person or vice).


Aim  v. i.  (past & past part. aimed; pres. part. aiming)  
1.
To point or direct a missile weapon, or a weapon which propels as missile, towards an object or spot with the intent of hitting it; as, to aim at a fox, or at a target.
2.
To direct the indention or purpose; to attempt the accomplishment of a purpose; to try to gain; to endeavor; followed by at, or by an infinitive; as, to aim at distinction; to aim to do well. "Aim'st thou at princes?"
3.
To guess or conjecture. (Obs.)





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"Aim" Quotes from Famous Books



... fancy a rose-bug or juicy ant, he dashes to the leaf or grass-blade on which the insect is crawling, hovers a moment in the air to take aim, and then snatches the bug off. So clever is he that when he eats bees, as he sometimes does, he seldom takes the honey-makers, but mainly the drones; perhaps he ...
— Citizen Bird • Mabel Osgood Wright and Elliott Coues
... are over; at last the race is run, And we have gathered here to-night to say, "Our work is done." Members of this Society, our friends so kind and true, God bless you! 'Tis a grand and noble work you aim to do; Accept our heartfelt thanks, for it is all that we can give; The knowledge we have gathered here will ever, while we live Go with us, as with brighter skies our way in life to cope Than in our dreams and fancies we had ever dared to hope. And you, our teachers faithful, ...
— Silver Links • Various
... youth at once stepped forward, and old Mr Ravenshaw watched him with an approving smile as he took aim. Puff! went the powder in the pan, but no sound followed save the peal of laughter with which the miss-fire was greeted. The touch-hole was pricked, and next time the ball sped to its mark. It hit the target ...
— The Red Man's Revenge - A Tale of The Red River Flood • R.M. Ballantyne
... is the cause of these variations? This question is the most difficult of all physical problems, and we shall only aim at indicating the causes which are yet perhaps too intricately involved to afford a positive numerical determination. Admitting the existence of two principal solid masses whose general direction is from south ...
— Outlines of a Mechanical Theory of Storms - Containing the True Law of Lunar Influence • T. Bassnett
... whether I did right or not. Even time will mix things up so that I'll never be able to tell. Maybe some day God will let me see. But why should he? One can only aim right, ...
— The Shepherd of the North • Richard Aumerle Maher


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