Definition of shoot

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Shoot (n.) A shoat; a young hog.

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Spray :: Spray (n.) A small shoot or branch; a twig.
Outgrowth :: Outgrowth (n.) That which grows out of, or proceeds from, anything; an excrescence; an offshoot; hence, a result or consequence..
Sprout :: Sprout (v. t.) To shoot into ramifications.
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..
Ramification :: Ramification (n.) A small branch or offshoot proceeding from a main stock or channel; as, the ramifications of an artery, vein, or nerve..
Bird :: Bird (v. i.) To catch or shoot birds.
Malleolus :: Malleolus (n.) A layer, a shoot partly buried in the ground, and there cut halfway through..
Dartle :: Dartle (v. t. & i.) To pierce or shoot through; to dart repeatedly: -- frequentative of dart.
Spear :: Spear (n.) A shoot, as of grass; a spire..
Tiller :: Tiller (v. i.) To put forth new shoots from the root, or round the bottom of the original stalk; as, wheat or rye tillers; some spread plants by tillering..
Flobert :: Flobert (n.) A small cartridge designed for target shooting; -- sometimes called ball cap.
Offset :: Offset (n.) A short prostrate shoot, which takes root and produces a tuft of leaves, etc. See Illust. of Houseleek..
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..
Glance :: Glance (v. i.) To shoot or emit a flash of light; to shine; to flash.
Prune :: Prune (v. t.) To lop or cut off the superfluous parts, branches, or shoots of; to clear of useless material; to shape or smooth by trimming; to trim: as, to prune trees; to prune an essay..
Jet :: Jet (v. i.) To shoot forward or out; to project; to jut out.
Streamer :: Streamer (n.) A stream or column of light shooting upward from the horizon, constituting one of the forms of the aurora borealis..
Machicolation :: Machicolation (n.) An opening between the corbels which support a projecting parapet, or in the floor of a gallery or the roof of a portal, shooting or dropping missiles upen assailants attacking the base of the walls. Also, the construction of such defenses, in general, when of this character. See Illusts. of Battlement and Castle..
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..
Sallow :: Sallow (n.) A name given to certain species of willow, especially those which do not have flexible shoots, as Salix caprea, S. cinerea, etc..
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