Definitions for the word "aim" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. v. i.
To guess or conjecture.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. 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).
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. 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.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. v. i.
The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. v. i.
Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. v. i.
Conjecture; guess.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. v.
1 intend or try; attempt (aim at winning; aim to win). 2 (usu. Foll. By at) direct or point (a weapon, remark, etc.). 3 take aim. n. 1 purpose or object. 2 the directing of a weapon etc. At an object. take aim direct a weapon etc. At a target. [latin aestimare reckon]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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