Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains..

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Arrowwood :: Arrowwood (n.) A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots..
Shooty :: Shooty (a.) Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly.
Spirit :: Spiring (a.) Shooting up in a spire or spires.
Sport :: Sport (v. i.) To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; -- said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal. See Sport, n., 6..
Tiller :: Tiller (v. i.) To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering..
Surd :: Surculose (a.) Producing suckers, or shoots resembling suckers..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) A shooting star.
Glare :: Glare (v. t.) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light..
Sallow :: Sallow (n.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc..
Shot :: Shot () imp. & p. p. of Shoot.
Jager :: Jager (n.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
Set :: Set (v. i.) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
Sucker :: Sucker (v. t.) To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize..
Drib :: Drib (v. t. & i.) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
Push :: Push (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot..
Vernine :: Vernine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance..
Clout :: Clout (n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
Withe-rod :: Withe-rod (n.) A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.
Ray :: Ray (n.) To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles..
Trinodal :: Trinodal (a.) Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem..
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