Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.

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Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland..
Shawfowl :: Shawfowl (n.) The representation or image of a fowl made by fowlers to shoot at.
Radiation :: Radiation (n.) The shooting forth of anything from a point or surface, like the diverging rays of light; as, the radiation of heat..
Pout :: Pout (v. i.) To shoot pouts.
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To exceed; as, to overshoot the truth..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains..
Sprout :: Sprout (v. t.) To shoot into ramifications.
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) One who shoots, as an archer or a gunner..
Forereach :: Forereach (v. i.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays..
Flagellum :: Flagellum (v. t.) A young, flexible shoot of a plant; esp., the long trailing branch of a vine, or a slender branch in certain mosses..
Malleolus :: Malleolus (n.) A layer, a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through..
Expel :: Expel (v. t.) To discharge; to shoot.
Range :: Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced..
Graft :: Graft (n.) A branch or portion of a tree growing from such a shoot.
Priory :: Priory (n.) A religious house presided over by a prior or prioress; -- sometimes an offshoot of, an subordinate to, an abbey, and called also cell, and obedience. See Cell, 2..
Twig :: Twig (n.) A small shoot or branch of a tree or other plant, of no definite length or size..
Grouse :: Grouse (v. i.) To seek or shoot grouse.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun..
Clout :: Clout (n.) The center of the butt at which archers shoot; -- probably once a piece of white cloth or a nail head.
Chute :: Chute (n.) See Shoot.
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