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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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Plant-cane :: Plant-cane (n.) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon..

Fowl :: Fowl (v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc..

Ramenta :: Ramenta (n. pl.) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns..

Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.

Arrowwood :: Arrowwood (n.) A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots..

Ramify :: Ramify (v. i.) To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant..

Overshooting :: Overshooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshoo.

Twiggy :: Twiggy (a.) Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots.

Jut :: "Jut (v. i.) To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building..

Trinodal :: Trinodal (a.) Having three knots or nodes; having three points from which a leaf may shoot; as, a trinodal stem..

Offset :: Offset (n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek..

Stool :: Stool (v. i.) To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers..

Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Shooting, as light..

Branchless :: Branchless (a.) Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.

Shooter :: Shooter (n.) One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner..

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)..

Shooting :: Shooting (n.) A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head..

Spire :: Spire (v. i.) To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire..

Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges..

Star-spangled :: Starshoot (n.) See Nostoc.