Target
['tɑːgɪt] or ['tɑrɡɪt]
Definition
(noun.) sports equipment consisting of an object set up for a marksman or archer to aim at.
(noun.) a reference point to shoot at; 'his arrow hit the mark'.
(noun.) the location of the target that is to be hit.
(verb.) intend (something) to move towards a certain goal; 'He aimed his fists towards his opponent's face'; 'criticism directed at her superior'; 'direct your anger towards others, not towards yourself'.
Typed by Irwin--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
(n.) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
(n.) The pattern or arrangement of a series of hits made by a marksman on a butt or mark; as, he made a good target.
(n.) The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.
(n.) A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.
Checker: Stella
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Mark (to be shot at).
Editor: Nolan
Definition
n. a small buckler or shield: a mark to fire at for practice or competition: any object of desire or ambition: the frame holding railway-signals: (her.) a bearing representing a buckler: (Scot.) a pendant tassel—also Targe.—adj. Tar′geted provided with a shield.—ns. Targeteer′ Targetier′ one armed with a shield a peltast.
Typed by Lillian
Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of a target, foretells you will have some affair demanding your attention from other more pleasant ones. For a young woman to think she is a target, denotes her reputation is in danger through the envy of friendly associates.
Inputed by Henrietta
Examples
- Strictly speaking, not the target but hitting the target is the end in view; one takes aim by means of the target, but also by the sight on the gun. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- Do not think of it as a man but as a target, _de acuerdo? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Yet, bethink thee, noble Saxon, said the knight, thou hast neither hauberk, nor corslet, nor aught but that light helmet, target, and sword. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- When the large cannons in the forts on our coast are discharged during target practice, there are usually a lot of windows broken in the nearby houses. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- A target was placed at the upper end of the southern avenue which led to the lists. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- On the other side of the lawn, facing the targets, was pitched a real tent, with benches and garden-seats about it. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- He turned upon them his painfully circular eyes, surrounded by concentric lines like targets. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- People don't come with grudges and schemes of finishing their practice with live targets, I hope? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- A series of 25,000 shots were fired thus, by eight gun pointers, at targets corresponding to the size of a battleship as seen at ranges of 1,500, 3,000, 6,000 and 9,000 yards. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The little glass-knob insulators made seductive targets for ignorant sportsmen. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
Checker: Susie