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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Fowl :: Fowl (v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc..
Layer :: Layer (n.) A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation..
Maurist :: Maurist (n.) A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature..
Ray :: Ray (n.) To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles..
Marksman :: Marksman (n.) One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.
Chute :: Chute (n.) See Shoot.
Meteoroscope :: Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star..
Springle :: Springing (n.) Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant..
Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances..
Priory :: Priory (n.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2..
Shot :: Shot () imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
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..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit..
Fusillade :: Fusillade (v. t.) To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms.
Hylophagous :: Hylophagous (a.) Eating green shoots, as certain insects do..
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..
Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn..
Turio :: Turio (n.) A shoot or sprout from the ground.
Miss :: Miss (v. t.) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said..
Upshoot :: Upshoot (v. i.) To shoot upward.
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