Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee..

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Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To pass swiftly over; to fly beyond.
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..
Projection :: Projection (n.) The act of throwing or shooting forward.
Push :: Push (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot..
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)..
Shot :: Shot (n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot..
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..
Turio :: Turio (n.) A shoot or sprout from the ground.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland..
Project :: Project (v. t.) To throw or cast forward; to shoot forth.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud..
Shooting :: Shooting (n.) A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A young branch or growth.
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering..
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.
Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle..
Spear :: Spear (v. i.) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire..
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth..
Flight :: Flight (n.) A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft..
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