Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well..

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Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn..
Lyrid :: Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.
Drib :: Drib (v. t. & i.) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
Wing :: Wing (n.) A side shoot of a tree or plant; a branch growing up by the side of another.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A rush of water; a rapid.
Straggle :: Straggle (v. t.) To escape or stretch beyond proper limits, as the branches of a plant; to spread widely apart; to shoot too far or widely in growth..
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.
Glare :: Glare (v. t.) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light..
Asparaginous :: Asparaginous (a.) Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables..
Jut :: "Jut (v. i.) To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building..
Spur :: Spur (n.) A mountain that shoots from any other mountain, or range of mountains, and extends to some distance in a lateral direction, or at right angles..
Stool :: Stool (v. i.) To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers..
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth..
Pool :: Pool (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners..
Scion :: Scion (n.) A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker.
Oelet :: Oelet (n.) An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet..
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. i.) To fly beyond the mark.
Expel :: Expel (v. t.) To discharge; to shoot.
Innovation :: Innovation (n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses..
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