Definition of shoot

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

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Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. i.) To fly beyond the mark.
Sucker :: Sucker (n.) A shoot from the roots or lower part of the stem of a plant; -- so called, perhaps, from diverting nourishment from the body of the plant..
Leaf :: Leaf (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May..
Star-spangled :: Starshoot (n.) See Nostoc.
Pout :: Pout (v. i.) To shoot pouts.
Ramenta :: Ramenta (n. pl.) Thin brownish chaffy scales upon the leaves or young shoots of some plants, especially upon the petioles and leaves of ferns..
Turioniferous :: Turioniferous (a.) Producing shoots, as asparagus..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) A firearm; as, a five-shooter..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud..
Ramify :: Ramify (v. i.) To shoot, or divide, into branches or subdivisions, as the stem of a plant..
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..
Twiggy :: Twiggy (a.) Of or pertaining to a twig or twigs; like a twig or twigs; full of twigs; abounding with shoots.
Meteoroscope :: Meteoroscope (n.) An instrument for measuring the position, length, and direction, of the apparent path of a shooting star..
Spear :: Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire..
Forky :: Forky (a.) Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated.
Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances..
Fruticant :: Fruticant (a.) Full of shoots.
Spurway :: Spurtle (v. t.) To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
Withe-rod :: Withe-rod (n.) A North American shrub (Viburnum nudum) whose tough osierlike shoots are sometimes used for binding sheaves.
Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley..
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