Heavenly sight that's cold and garish? (5)
I believe the answer is:
cloud
'heavenly sight' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with perception as well as being verbs in their base form.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'cold and garish?' is the wordplay.
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'garish?' becomes 'loud' (synonyms).
'c'+'loud'='CLOUD'
'that's' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cloud that I've seen before include "''I wandered lonely as a ...'' (Wordsworth)" , "E.g. stratus" , "Cover" , "Visible mass floating above" , "Become gloomy" .)