Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud..

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Tiller :: Tiller (n.) A shoot of a plant, springing from the root or bottom of the original stalk; a sucker..
Spurred :: Spurred (a.) Wearing spurs; furnished with a spur or spurs; having shoots like spurs.
Twig :: Twig (n.) A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size..
Bore :: Bore (v. i.) To shoot out the nose or toss it in the air; -- said of a horse.
Shoot :: 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..
Upspear :: Upspear (v. i.) To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass..
Shute :: Shute (n.) Same as Chute, or Shoot..
Sprit :: Sprit (n.) A shoot; a sprout.
Talon :: Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
Turioniferous :: Turioniferous (a.) Producing shoots, as asparagus..
Grouse :: Grouse (v. i.) To seek or shoot grouse.
Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle..
Turio :: Turio (n.) A shoot or sprout from the ground.
Streamer :: Streamer (n.) A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis..
Star-spangled :: Starshoot (n.) See Nostoc.
Miss :: Miss (v. t.) To fail of hitting, reaching, getting, finding, seeing, hearing, etc.; as, to miss the mark one shoots at; to miss the train by being late; to miss opportunites of getting knowledge; to miss the point or meaning of something said..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee..
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To let fly, as a missile; to shoot..
Person :: Person (n.) A shoot or bud of a plant; a polyp or zooid of the compound Hydrozoa Anthozoa, etc.; also, an individual, in the narrowest sense, among the higher animals..
Crossbowman :: Crossbowman (n.) One who shoots with a crossbow. See Arbalest.
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