[eym] 
| 1. | to position or direct (a firearm, ball, arrow, rocket, etc.) so that, on firing or release, the discharged projectile will hit a target or travel along a certain path. |
| 2. | to intend or direct for a particular effect or purpose: to aim a satire at snobbery. |
| 3. | to point or direct a gun, punch, etc., toward: He aimed at the target but missed it. |
| 4. | to strive; try (usually fol. by to or at): We aim to please. They aim at saving something every month. |
| 5. | to intend: She aims to go tomorrow. |
| 6. | to direct efforts, as toward an object: The satire aimed at modern greed. |
| 7. | Obsolete. to estimate; guess. |
| 8. | the act of aiming or directing anything at or toward a particular point or target. |
| 9. | the direction in which a weapon or missile is pointed; the line of sighting: within the cannon's aim. |
| 10. | the point intended to be hit; thing or person aimed at: to miss one's aim. |
| 11. | something intended or desired to be attained by one's efforts; purpose: whatever his aim in life may be. |
| 12. | Obsolete. conjecture; guess. |
| 13. | take aim, to sight a target: to take aim and fire. |
take aim
Direct a missile or criticism at something or someone, as in Raising his rifle, Chet took aim at the squirrel but missed it entirely, or In his last speech the President took aim at the opposition leader. [Late 1500s]