Direct
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Straight, constant, without interruption.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To manage, control, steer. To aim at.
Example sentence: We have a powerful potential in out youth, and we must have the courage to change old ideas and practices so that we may direct their power toward good ends.
Aim
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The pointing of a weapon, as a gun, a dart, or an arrow, or object, 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.The point intended to be hit, or object intended to be attained or affected.Intention; purpose; design; scheme.
Part of speech: initialism
Definition: AIM; AOL Instant Messenger.
Part of speech: verb
Definition: 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.To direct the intention 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.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).
Example sentence: The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.