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sidle, edge, skew, veer, go sideways, Scot and North Eng. sklent.
2. evade, avoid, dodge, Inf. duck, shun, steer clear of; hedge, equivocate, prevaricate, hem and haw, pussyfoot, Inf. waffle, Inf. weasel,

sidewalk, n. pavement, walk, Inf. byway, Brit, footpath, Brit, footway; promenade, esplanade, almeda, mall.

sideways, adv. obliquely, indirectly; sidewise, sidewards, sidelong, edgeways, edgewise; askew, asquint, awry, askant; laterally, off to the side, to one side, on the side of.

siege, n. 1. blockade, besiegement, beleaguerment, investment, encirclement, envelopment, cutting off of supply lines.
-v. 2. besiege, lay siege to, invest, contain, con fine, cordon off; blockade; surround, encircle, encompass, hedge in, pen in, shut in, box in, bottle up.

sieve, n. 1. strainer, sifter, filter, riddle, colander;
screen, grate, grating.
-v. 2. sift, strain. See - sift (def. 1).

sift, v. 1. strain, sieve, riddle, bolt, filter, screen, pan, rack; separate, winnow.
2. scatter, sprinkle, spread.
3. examine, look into, scrutinize, question, search, investigate; study, analyze, test, review; ransack, rummage.

sigh, v. 1. exhale, expire, breathe out, aspirate,

Chiefly Literary, suspire; moan, sob, whine, wail; sough, rustle.
2. lament for, mourn for, grieve for, weep for; bemoan, bewail.
-n. 3. deep breath, Scot. and North Eng. sough,

Chiefly Literary, suspiration, whisper, exhalation; murmur, hiss, susurration, susurrus, rustle; sob, wail, moan, whine,

sight, n. 1. vision, eyesight, eyes.
2. range or field of vision, eyeshot, eyereach, ken,
view; gaze, look; inspection, scrutiny.
3. glimpse, brief look, look, glance, Fr. aperqu, Scot. glisk, Fr. coup d'oeil, Inf. once-over, Inf. looksee, SI. gander, peek, peep.
4. judgment, opinion, observation, estimation, point of view; feeling, impression, perception.
5. spectacle, curiosity, rarity, nonesuch; marvel, wonder, miracle, phenomenon; quite a thing, really something, one for the books, something to write home about.
6. Chiefly Dialect, a great deal, lots, a lot, tons, loads, heaps, piles, slews.
7. sighthole, peep sight, open sight, telescopic sight, bead.
8. at first sight a. at the first glimpse, at once, at the first blush, on the spot. b. apparently, ostensibly, to all appearances, to the eye, on the surface, on the face of it.
9. catch sight of see, get a glimpse of, SI. get a load of, take in, look on or upon, set or lay eyes on, see with one's own eyes; glance, look quickly or briefly, cast a brief look at.
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not by

a long sight Informal, probably not, hardly, not likely; definitely not, no way, not in a million years.
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out of sight a. beyond range of vision, out of range, imperceptible, unseeable, sightless; remote, far away, in the distance, b. beyond reason, unreasonable, unconscionable; preposterous, outrageous, ridiculous, absurd; out of the question, not worth considering or talking about,

c. exorbitant, expensive, extravagant, inordinate, immoderate,

d. Slang, extraordinary, SI. far out, unreal, outrageous, neat, SI. cool, out of the -v. 12. see, view, behold, catch sight of, look at, Inf. lay eyes on, Inf eyeball, Sl. lamp; observe, witness, look on, survey, scan; scrutinize, inspect, pour over, peer at; stare at, goggle, gawk at, ogle.