Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar..

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Obedience :: Obedience (n.) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.
Upshoot :: Upshoot (v. i.) To shoot upward.
Spear :: Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire..
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.
Imp :: Imp (n.) A shoot; a scion; a bud; a slip; a graft.
Vernine :: Vernine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance..
Surcloyed :: Surcle (n.) A little shoot; a twig; a sucker.
Jet :: "Jet (n.) A shooting forth; a spouting; a spurt; a sudden rush or gush, as of water from a pipe, or of flame from an orifice; also, that which issues in a jet..
Shooting :: Shooting (a.) Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A rush of water; a rapid.
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..
Chit :: Chit (n.) The embryo or the growing bud of a plant; a shoot; a sprout; as, the chits of Indian corn or of potatoes..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well..
Stick :: Stick (v. t.) A small shoot, or branch, separated, as by a cutting, from a tree or shrub; also, any stem or branch of a tree, of any size, cut for fuel or timber..
Talon :: Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
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 (n.) A shoat; a young hog.
Gyropigeon :: Gyropigeon (n.) A flying object simulating a pigeon in flight, when projected from a spring trap. It is used as a flying target in shooting matches..
Shot :: Shot (a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8..
Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn..
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