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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Bourgeon :: Bourgeon (v. i.) To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar..
Gallnut :: Gallnut (n.) A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall..
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..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland..
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..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To let fly, as a missile; to shoot..
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..
Oelet :: Oelet (n.) An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet..
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..
Hylophagous :: Hylophagous (a.) Eating green shoots, as certain insects do..
Push :: Push (v. i.) To burst pot, as a bud or shoot..
Eradiate :: Eradiate (v. i.) To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate..
Innovation :: Innovation (n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses..
Sucker :: Sucker (v. t.) To strip off the suckers or shoots from; to deprive of suckers; as, to sucker maize..
Fowl :: Fowl (v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc..
Stool :: Stool (v. i.) To ramfy; to tiller, as grain; to shoot out suckers..
Dart :: Dart (v. i.) To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket..
Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn..
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