Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides..

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Undershoot :: Undershoot (v. t.) To shoot short of (a mark).
Push :: Push (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot..
Jet :: Jet (v. i.) To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
Overshooting :: Overshooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshoo.
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) A firearm; as, a five-shooter..
Priory :: Priory (n.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2..
Approaching :: Approaching (n.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach..
Ray :: Ray (n.) To send forth or shoot out; to cause to shine out; as, to ray smiles..
Woodcraft :: Woodcraft (n.) Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods..
Spirit :: Spiring (a.) Shooting up in a spire or spires.
Vimen :: Vimen (n.) A long, slender, flexible shoot or branch..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
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..
Imp :: Imp (n.) A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
Stonebrash :: Stonebow (n.) A kind of crossbow formerly used for shooting stones.
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..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar..
Bird :: Bird (v. i.) To catch or shoot birds.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland..
Asparaginous :: Asparaginous (a.) Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables..
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