Definition of shoot

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Shoot (n.) A young branch or growth.

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Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.)..
Innovation :: Innovation (n.) A newly formed shoot, or the annually produced addition to the stems of many mosses..
Flobert :: Flobert (n.) A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap.
Overshooting :: Overshooting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overshoo.
Spindle-legged :: Spindle (v. i.) To shoot or grow into a long, slender stalk or body; to become disproportionately tall and slender..
Propagate :: Propagate (v. i.) To have young or issue; to be produced or multiplied by generation, or by new shoots or plants; as, rabbits propagate rapidly..
Jut :: "Jut (v. i.) To shoot out or forward; to project beyond the main body; as, the jutting part of a building..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit..
Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley..
Fusillade :: Fusillade (v. t.) To shoot down of shoot at by a simultaneous discharge of firearms.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
Chit :: Chit (v. i.) To shoot out; to sprout.
Leaf :: Leaf (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May..
Offshoot :: Offshoot (n.) That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree..
Overshoot :: Overshoot (v. i.) To fly beyond the mark.
Spear :: Spear (v. i.) To shoot into a long stem, as some plants. See Spire..
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..
Protrude :: Protrude (v. i.) To shoot out or forth; to be thrust forward; to extend beyond a limit; to project.
Range :: Range (v.) A place where shooting, as with cannons or rifles, is practiced..
Bud :: Bud (v. i.) To put forth or produce buds, as a plant; to grow, as a bud does, into a flower or shoot..
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