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Entry 10 senses Webster, 1913

Target

/tär'-gət/ · Tar·get · IPA /ˈtɑɹ.ɡɪt/
01 n. A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
  1. 1.
    A kind of small shield or buckler, used as a defensive weapon in war.
  2. 2.
    A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile.
  3. 3.
    The sliding crosspiece, or vane, on a leveling staff.(Surveying)
  4. 4.
    A conspicuous disk attached to a switch lever to show its position, or for use as a signal.(Railroad)
  5. 5.
    A thin cut; a slice; specif., of lamb, a piece consisting of the neck and breast joints.[Eng.]
  6. 6.
    A tassel or pendent; also, a shred; tatter.[Obs. Scot.]
  7. 7.
    A goal for an activity; as, the target of this year's fundraising drive is 2 million dollars.
  8. 8.
    A metallic object toward which a beam of electrons is aimed in a tube designed to generate X-rays; when the electrons strike the target, the impact causes emission of X-rays.
  9. 9.
    Any object toward which a beam of photons, a laser beam, an electron beam, or a beam of atomic or subatomic particles is aimed.
  10. 10.
    A person who is the subject of criticism or ridicule.