Definition of shoot

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Shoot (n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle..

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Shooting :: Shooting (n.) The act of one who, or that which, shoots; as, the shooting of an archery club; the shooting of rays of light..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee..
Cinnamon :: Cinnamon (n.) The inner bark of the shoots of Cinnamomum Zeylanicum, a tree growing in Ceylon. It is aromatic, of a moderately pungent taste, and is one of the best cordial, carminative, and restorative spices..
Oelet :: Oelet (n.) An eye, bud, or shoot, as of a plant; an oilet..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) A shooting star.
Branch :: Branch (n.) A shoot or secondary stem growing from the main stem, or from a principal limb or bough of a tree or other plant..
Surcloyed :: Surcle (n.) A little shoot; a twig; a sucker.
Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley..
Stanhope :: Stang (v. i.) To shoot with pain.
Set :: Set (v. i.) To place plants or shoots in the ground; to plant.
Plant-cane :: Plant-cane (n.) A stalk or shoot of sugar cane of the first growth from the cutting. The growth of the second and following years is of inferior quality, and is called rattoon..
Shot :: Shot (n.) A marksman; one who practices shooting; as, an exellent shot..
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..
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.
Straggler :: Straggler (n.) Something that shoots, or spreads out, beyond the rest, or too far; an exuberant growth..
Glance :: Glance (v. i.) To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain..
Twinge :: Twinge (v. i.) To have a sudden, sharp, local pain, like a twitch; to suffer a keen, darting, or shooting pain; as, the side twinges..
Overshooting :: Overshooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshoo.
Maurist :: Maurist (n.) A member of the Congregation of Saint Maur, an offshoot of the Benedictines, originating in France in the early part of the seventeenth century. The Maurists have been distinguished for their interest in literature..
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