Definition of shoot

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Shoot (n.) An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course..

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Innovation :: Innovation (n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses..
Upspear :: Upspear (v. i.) To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass..
Shooting :: Shooting (n.) A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head..
Leonid :: Leonid (n.) One of the shooting stars which constitute the star shower that recurs near the fourteenth of November at intervals of about thirty-three years; -- so called because these shooting stars appear on the heavens to move in lines directed from the constellation Leo.
Dart :: Dart (v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams..
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering..
Slip :: Slip (n.) To move or fly (out of place); to shoot; -- often with out, off, etc.; as, a bone may slip out of its place..
Obedience :: Obedience (n.) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.
Star-spangled :: Starshoot (n.) See Nostoc.
Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn..
Imp :: Imp (n.) A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
Turio :: Turio (n.) A shoot or sprout from the ground.
Woodcraft :: Woodcraft (n.) Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods..
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..
Hylophagous :: Hylophagous (a.) Eating green shoots, as certain insects do..
Shot :: Shot (n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley..
Expel :: Expel (v. t.) To discharge; to shoot.
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east..
Spray :: Spray (n.) A small shoot or branch; a twig.
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