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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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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)..

Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..

Shooter :: Shooter (n.) A shooting star.

Asparaginous :: Asparaginous (a.) Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables..

Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances..

Fang :: Fang (v. t.) Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.

Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.

Poke :: Poke (n.) A large North American herb of the genus Phytolacca (P. decandra), bearing dark purple juicy berries; -- called also garget, pigeon berry, pocan, and pokeweed. The root and berries have emetic and purgative properties, and are used in medicine. The young shoots are sometimes eaten as a substitute for asparagus, and the berries are said to be used in Europe to color wine..

Shute :: Shute (n.) Same as Chute, or Shoot..

Perseid :: Perseid (n.) One of a group of shooting stars which appear yearly about the 10th of August, and cross the heavens in paths apparently radiating from the constellation Perseus. They are beleived to be fragments once connected with a comet visible in 1862..

Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star..

Expel :: Expel (v. t.) To discharge; to shoot.

Shooting :: Shooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shoo.

Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A young branch or growth.

Straggler :: Straggler (n.) Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth..

Eradiate :: Eradiate (v. i.) To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate..

Radiant :: Radiant (n.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate..

Disbud :: Disbud (v.) To deprive of buds or shoots, as for training, or economizing the vital strength of a tree..

Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To shoot over or beyond.

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..