Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides..

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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..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) That which shoots.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.)..
Forky :: Forky (a.) Opening into two or more parts or shoots; forked; furcated.
Projection :: Projection (n.) The act of throwing or shooting forward.
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) A shooting star.
Plashoot :: Plashoot (n.) A hedge or fence formed of branches of trees interlaced, or plashed..
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. i.) To fly beyond the mark.
Glance :: Glance (v. t.) To shoot or dart suddenly or obliquely; to cast for a moment; as, to glance the eye..
Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn..
Star-spangled :: Starshoot (n.) See Nostoc.
Moravian :: Moravian (n.) One of a religious sect called the United Brethren (an offshoot of the Hussites in Bohemia), which formed a separate church of Moravia, a northern district of Austria, about the middle of the 15th century. After being nearly extirpated by persecution, the society, under the name of The Renewed Church of the United Brethren, was reestablished in 1722-35 on the estates of Count Zinzendorf in Saxony. Called also Herrnhuter..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee..
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. t.) To shoot over or beyond.
Chit :: Chit (v. i.) To shoot out; to sprout.
Pool :: Pool (n.) In rifle shooting, a contest in which each competitor pays a certain sum for every shot he makes, the net proceeds being divided among the winners..
Prune :: Prune (v. t.) To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay..
Browse :: Browse (v. i.) To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer..
Bourgeon :: Bourgeon (v. i.) To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch..
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