Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory..

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Branch :: Branch (v. i.) To shoot or spread in branches; to separate into branches; to ramify.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland..
Browse :: Browse (v. i.) To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer..
Expel :: Expel (v. t.) To discharge; to shoot.
Archery :: Archery (n.) The use of the bow and arrows in battle, hunting, etc.; the art, practice, or skill of shooting with a bow and arrows..
Shoot :: 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..
Sourt :: Sourt (n.) A shoot; a bud.
Asparaginous :: Asparaginous (a.) Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables..
Flobert :: Flobert (n.) A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap.
Spear :: Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire..
Talon :: Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
Dart :: Dart (v. i.) To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket..
Shot :: Shot (a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8..
Eradiate :: Eradiate (v. i.) To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate..
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..
Pistol :: Pistol (v. t.) To shoot with a pistol.
Innovation :: Innovation (n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses..
Rove :: Rove (v. i.) To shoot at rovers; hence, to shoot at an angle of elevation, not at point-blank (rovers usually being beyond the point-blank range)..
Outshoot :: Outshoot (v. t.) To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond.
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..
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