Definition of shoot

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Shoot (n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle..

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Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain..
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..
Germinate :: Germinate (v. i.) To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ..
Expel :: Expel (v. t.) To discharge; to shoot.
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. i.) To fly beyond the mark.
Jager :: Jager (n.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
Spray :: Spray (n.) A small shoot or branch; a twig.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory..
Person :: Person (n.) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun..
Branch :: Branch (n.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant..
Spurred :: Spurred (a.) Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
Shooting :: Shooting (n.) A wounding or killing with a firearm; specifically (Sporting), the killing of game; as, a week of shooting..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee..
Outshoot :: Outshoot (v. t.) To exceed or excel in shooting; to shoot beyond.
Gleam :: Gleam (n.) A shoot of light; a small stream of light; a beam; a ray; a glimpse.
Asparagus :: Asparagus (n.) The young and tender shoots of A. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland..
Star-spangled :: Starshoot (n.) See Nostoc.
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