Definition of shoot

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Shoot (n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

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Imp :: Imp (n.) A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
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..
Crossbowman :: Crossbowman (n.) One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.
Spear :: Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire..
Moravian :: Moravian (n.) One of a religious sect called the United Brethren (an offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the middle of the 15th century. After being nearly extirpated by persecution, the society, under the name of The Renewed Church of the United Brethren, was reestablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) A firearm; as, a five-shooter..
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..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course..
Leaf :: Leaf (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May..
Shooty :: Shooty (a.) Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly.
Hylophagous :: Hylophagous (a.) Eating green shoots, as certain insects do..
Overshooting :: Overshooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshoo.
Spurway :: Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
Sprout :: Sprout (v. i.) The shoot of a plant; a shoot from the seed, from the stump, or from the root or tuber, of a plant or tree; more rarely, a shoot from the stem of a plant, or the end of a branch..
Stick :: Stick (v. t.) A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly..
Flobert :: Flobert (n.) A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap.
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..
Scion :: Scion (n.) A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker.
Lyrid :: Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.
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