Definition of shoot

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Shoot (n.) A rush of water; a rapid.

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Banyan :: Banyan (n.) A tree of the same genus as the common fig, and called the Indian fig (Ficus Indica), whose branches send shoots to the ground, which take root and become additional trunks, until it may be the tree covers some acres of ground and is able to shelter thousands of men..
Asparaginous :: Asparaginous (a.) Pertaining or allied to, or resembling, asparagus; having shoots which are eaten like asparagus; as, asparaginous vegetables..
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) That which serves to guard from falling water; a drip or dripstone.
Dart :: Dart (v. i.) To start and run with velocity; to shoot rapidly along; as, the deer darted from the thicket..
Watershoot :: Watershoot (n.) A sprig or shoot from the root or stock of a tree.
Arcuation :: Arcuation (n.) A mode of propagating trees by bending branches to the ground, and covering the small shoots with earth; layering..
Sharpshooting :: Sharpshooting (n.) A shooting with great precision and effect; hence, a keen contest of wit or argument..
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..
Forereach :: Forereach (v. i.) To shoot ahead, especially when going in stays..
Spring :: Spring (v. i.) A shoot; a plant; a young tree; also, a grove of trees; woodland..
Expel :: Expel (v. t.) To discharge; to shoot.
Turio :: Turio (n.) A shoot or sprout from the ground.
Vimineous :: Vimineous (a.) Producing long, slender twigs or shoots..
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..
Streamer :: Streamer (n.) A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis..
Star-spangled :: Starshoot (n.) See Nostoc.
Browse :: Browse (v. i.) To feed on the tender branches or shoots of shrubs or trees, as do cattle, sheep, and deer..
Sprig :: Sprig (n.) A small shoot or twig of a tree or other plant; a spray; as, a sprig of laurel or of parsley..
Drib :: Drib (v. t. & i.) To shoot (a shaft) so as to pierce on the descent.
Yew :: Yew (n.) A bow for shooting, made of the yew..
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