Definition of shoot

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Shoot (n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

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Target :: Target (n.) A butt or mark to shoot at, as for practice, or to test the accuracy of a firearm, or the force of a projectile..
Spire :: Spire (v. i.) To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire..
Bolis :: Bolis (n.) A meteor or brilliant shooting star, followed by a train of light or sparks; esp. one which explodes..
Obedience :: Obedience (n.) A cell (or offshoot of a larger monastery) governed by a prior.
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
Upspear :: Upspear (v. i.) To grow or shoot up like a spear; as, upspearing grass..
Shoot :: Shoot (v. i.) To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star..
Sprout :: Sprout (v. t.) To shoot into ramifications.
Plashoot :: Plashoot (n.) A hedge or fence formed of branches of trees interlaced, or plashed..
Leaf :: Leaf (v. i.) To shoot out leaves; to produce leaves; to leave; as, the trees leaf in May..
Hylophagous :: Hylophagous (a.) Eating green shoots, as certain insects do..
Fowl :: Fowl (v. i.) To catch or kill wild fowl, for game or food, as by shooting, or by decoys, nets, etc..
Salient :: Salient (v. i.) Shooting out or up; springing; projecting.
Talon :: Talon (n.) The shoulder of the bolt of a lock on which the key acts to shoot the bolt.
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.
Offshoot :: Offshoot (n.) That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree..
Spirit :: Spiring (a.) Shooting up in a spire or spires.
Shooting :: Shooting (n.) A sensation of darting pain; as, a shooting in one's head..
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot, or dart, as rays of light; as, at the dawn, light gleams in the east..
Shooter :: Shooter (n.) That which shoots.
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