- (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 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.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.) Conjecture; guess.
- (v.i.) To guess or conjecture.
- (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.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "Aim" 27 May 2011. Web. 21 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/aim/definitions/1971955> |