Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.

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Drib :: Drib (v. t. & i.) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
Discharge :: Discharge (v. t.) To free of the missile with which anything is charged or loaded; to let go the charge of; as, to discharge a bow, catapult, etc.; especially, said of firearms, -- to fire off; to shoot off; also, to relieve from a state of tension, as a Leyden jar..
Eradiate :: Eradiate (v. i.) To shoot forth, as rays of light; to beam; to radiate..
Imp :: Imp (n.) A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
Set :: Set (v. i.) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
Surd :: Surculose (a.) Producing suckers, or shoots resembling suckers..
Marksman :: Marksman (n.) One skillful to hit a mark with a missile; one who shoots well.
Shoot :: 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..
Jut :: "Jut (v. i.) To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building..
Spirit :: Spiring (a.) Shooting up in a spire or spires.
Sharpshooting :: Sharpshooting (n.) A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument..
Rattoon :: Rattoon (n.) One of the stems or shoots of sugar cane of the second year's growth from the root, or later. See Plant-cane..
Fowl :: Fowl (v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc..
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..
Meteoroscope :: Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star..
Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn..
Dartle :: Dartle (v. t. & i.) To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart.
Withe-rod :: Withe-rod (n.) A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.
Spire :: Spire (v. i.) To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire..
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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