aim

aim has 19 senses in the JumbleFix dictionary. Letters: 3.

Definitions

• v. i.. 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.
• v. i.. 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.
• v. i.. To guess or conjecture.
• 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).
• v. i.. 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.
• v. i.. The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
• v. i.. Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
• v. i.. Conjecture; guess.
• n.. the action of directing something at an object; "he took aim and fired"
• n.. the goal intended to be attained (and which is believed to be attainable); "the sole object of her trip was to see her children"
• n.. an anticipated outcome that is intended or that guides your planned actions; "his intent was to provide a new translation"; "good intentions are not enough"; "it was created with the conscious aim of answering immediate needs"; "he made no secret of his designs"
• n.. the direction or path along which something moves or along which it lies