Definition of shoot

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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..

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Sprout :: Sprout (v. t.) To shoot into ramifications.
Pout :: Pout (v. i.) To shoot pouts.
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Jager :: Jager (n.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
Meteoroscope :: Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star..
Glare :: Glare (v. t.) To shoot out, or emit, as a dazzling light..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) That which shoots.
Shot :: Shot (n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot..
Propagate :: Propagate (v. i.) To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly..
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..
Flagellum :: Flagellum (v. t.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses..
Chit :: Chit (v. i.) To shoot out; to sprout.
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.
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
Sallow :: Sallow (n.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc..
Prune :: Prune (v. t.) To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay..
Spirit :: Spiring (a.) Shooting up in a spire or spires.
Shot :: Shot (a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8..
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east..
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