Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well..

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Germinate :: Germinate (v. i.) To sprout; to bud; to shoot; to begin to vegetate, as a plant or its seed; to begin to develop, as a germ..
Decoy :: Decoy (n.) A place into which wild fowl, esp. ducks, are enticed in order to take or shoot them..
Spire :: Spire (n.) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself..
Glancing :: Glancing (a.) Shooting, as light..
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering..
Butt Shaft :: Butt shaft () An arrow without a barb, for shooting at butts; an arrow..
Overshooting :: Overshooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshoo.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify..
Shete :: Shete (v. t. & i.) To shoot.
Glance :: Glance (v. i.) To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
Offset :: Offset (n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek..
Spray :: Spray (n.) A small shoot or branch; a twig.
Gunreach :: Gunreach (n.) The reach or distance to which a gun will shoot; gunshot.
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A shoat; a young hog.
Branchless :: Branchless (a.) Destitute of branches or shoots; without any valuable product; barren; naked.
Dartle :: Dartle (v. t. & i.) To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart.
Projection :: Projection (n.) The act of throwing or shooting forward.
Radiant :: Radiant (n.) The point in the heavens at which the apparent paths of shooting stars meet, when traced backward, or whence they appear to radiate..
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..
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