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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Graft :: Graft (n.) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
Shute :: Shute (n.) Same as Chute, or Shoot..
Chute :: Chute (n.) See Shoot.
Sagittarius :: Sagittarius (n.) A zodiacal constellation, represented on maps and globes as a centaur shooting an arrow..
Spindle-legged :: Spindle (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender..
Straggler :: Straggler (n.) Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth..
Tiller :: Tiller (v. i.) To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering..
Offshoot :: Offshoot (n.) That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree..
Shoot :: 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..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A rush of water; a rapid.
Project :: Project (v. i.) To shoot forward; to extend beyond something else; to be prominent; to jut; as, the cornice projects; branches project from the tree..
Spurway :: Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify..
Forky :: Forky (a.) Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated.
Springle :: Springing (n.) Growth; increase; also, that which springs up; a shoot; a plant..
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) The process of branching, or the development of branches or offshoots from a stem; also, the mode of their arrangement..
Seven-shooter :: Seven-shooter (n.) A firearm, esp. a pistol, with seven barrels or chambers for cartridges, or one capable of firing seven shots without reloading..
Innovation :: Innovation (n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses..
Push :: Push (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot..
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