Definition of shoot

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Shoot (v. i.) To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly..

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Set :: Set (v. i.) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
Jager :: Jager (n.) A sharpshooter. See Yager.
Fang :: Fang (v. t.) Any shoot or other thing by which hold is taken.
Pout :: Pout (v. i.) To shoot pouts.
Plashoot :: Plashoot (n.) A hedge or fence formed of branches of trees interlaced, or plashed..
Graft :: Graft (n.) A small shoot or scion of a tree inserted in another tree, the stock of which is to support and nourish it. The two unite and become one tree, but the graft determines the kind of fruit..
Vernine :: Vernine (n.) An alkaloid extracted from the shoots of the vetch, red clover, etc., as a white crystalline substance..
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..
Bourgeon :: Bourgeon (v. i.) To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch..
Shoot :: Shoot (n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Lyrid :: Lyrid (n.) One of the group of shooting stars which come into the air in certain years on or about the 19th of April; -- so called because the apparent path among the stars the stars if produced back wards crosses the constellation Lyra.
Gallnut :: Gallnut (n.) A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object..
Arrowwood :: Arrowwood (n.) A shrub (Viburnum dentatum) growing in damp woods and thickets; -- so called from the long, straight, slender shoots..
Asparagus :: Asparagus (n.) The young and tender shoots of A. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food..
Shooty :: Shooty (a.) Sprouting or coming up freely and regularly.
Soboles :: Soboles (n.) A shoot running along under ground, forming new plants at short distances..
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. i.) To fly beyond the mark.
Approaching :: Approaching (n.) The act of ingrafting a sprig or shoot of one tree into another, without cutting it from the parent stock; -- called, also, inarching and grafting by approach..
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.)..
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