Definition of shoot

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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..

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Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory..
Spurway :: Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
Branchless :: Branchless (a.) Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.
Asparagus :: Asparagus (n.) The young and tender shoots of A. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) A firearm; as, a five-shooter..
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
Bolis :: Bolis (n.) A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes..
Surd :: Surculose (a.) Producing suckers, or shoots resembling suckers..
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve..
Scion :: Scion (n.) A shoot or sprout of a plant; a sucker.
Pout :: Pout (v. i.) To shoot pouts.
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains..
Straggler :: Straggler (n.) Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth..
Jet :: Jet (v. i.) To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
Push :: Push (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot..
Bourgeon :: Bourgeon (v. i.) To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch..
Jet :: "Jet (n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet..
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