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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Star-spangled :: Starshoot (n.) See Nostoc.
Woodcraft :: Woodcraft (n.) Skill and practice in anything pertaining to the woods, especially in shooting, and other sports in the woods..
Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn..
Range :: Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced..
Obedience :: Obedience (n.) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
Popgun :: Popgun (n.) A child's gun; a tube and rammer for shooting pellets, with a popping noise, by compression of air..
Ramify :: Ramify (v. i.) To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant..
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.)..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud..
Dribber :: Dribber (n.) One who dribs; one who shoots weakly or badly.
Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley..
Marksman :: Marksman (n.) One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.
Gallnut :: Gallnut (n.) A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall..
Layer :: Layer (n.) A shoot or twig of a plant, not detached from the stock, laid under ground for growth or propagation..
Sprout :: Sprout (v. t.) To shoot, as the seed of a plant; to germinate; to push out new shoots; hence, to grow like shoots of plants..
Spittle :: Spitter (n.) A young deer whose antlers begin to shoot or become sharp; a brocket, or pricket..
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