Definition of shoot

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Shoot (n.) A young branch or growth.

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Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.
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..
Pistol :: Pistol (v. t.) To shoot with a pistol.
Dart :: Dart (v. t.) To throw suddenly or rapidly; to send forth; to emit; to shoot; as, the sun darts forth his beams..
Asparagus :: Asparagus (n.) The young and tender shoots of A. officinalis, which form a valuable and well-known article of food..
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.
Spear :: Spear (v. i.) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire..
Stanhope :: Stang (v. i.) To shoot with pain.
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..
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..
Innovation :: Innovation (n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses..
Brancher :: Brancher (n.) That which shoots forth branches; one who shows growth in various directions.
Shot :: Shot (a.) Woven in such a way as to produce an effect of variegation, of changeable tints, or of being figured; as, shot silks. See Shoot, v. t., 8..
Stabling :: Stable stand () The position of a man who is found at his standing in the forest, with a crossbow or a longbow bent, ready to shoot at a deer, or close by a tree with greyhounds in a leash ready to slip; -- one of the four presumptions that a man intends stealing the king's deer..
Fork :: Fork (v. i.) To shoot into blades, as corn..
Flight :: Flight (n.) A kind of arrow for the longbow; also, the sport of shooting with it. See Shaft..
Spirit :: Spiring (a.) Shooting up in a spire or spires.
Shooting :: Shooting (a.) Of or pertaining to shooting; for shooting; darting.
Shute :: Shute (n.) Same as Chute, or Shoot..
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