Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star..

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Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges..
Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances..
Glance :: Glance (v. t.) To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify..
Ramenta :: Ramenta (n. pl.) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object..
Crossbowman :: Crossbowman (n.) One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.
Spear :: Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire..
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..
Grouse :: Grouse (v. i.) To seek or shoot grouse.
Vernine :: Vernine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance..
Shawfowl :: Shawfowl (n.) The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.
Dribber :: Dribber (n.) One who dribs; one who shoots weakly or badly.
Poke :: Poke (n.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine..
Shot :: Shot (n.) The act of shooting; discharge of a firearm or other weapon which throws a missile.
Innovation :: Innovation (n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses..
Moravian :: Moravian (n.) One of a religious sect called the United Brethren (an offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the middle of the 15th century. After being nearly extirpated by persecution, the society, under the name of The Renewed Church of the United Brethren, was reestablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
At :: At (prep.) Relation of direction toward an object or end; as, look at it; to point at one; to aim at a mark; to throw, strike, shoot, wink, mock, laugh at any one..
Springle :: Springing (n.) Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant..
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