Shoot

[ʃuːt] or [ʃut]

Definition

(noun.) the act of shooting at targets; 'they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer'.

(noun.) a new branch.

(verb.) produce buds, branches, or germinate; 'the potatoes sprouted'.

(verb.) measure the altitude of by using a sextant; 'shoot a star'.

(verb.) utter fast and forcefully; 'She shot back an answer'.

(verb.) score; 'shoot a basket'; 'shoot a goal' .

(verb.) hit with a missile from a weapon.

(verb.) throw dice, as in a crap game.

(verb.) throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; 'shoot craps'; 'shoot a golf ball'.

(verb.) send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; 'shoot a glance'.

(verb.) cause a sharp and sudden pain in; 'The pain shot up her leg'.

(verb.) kill by firing a missile.

(verb.) emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; 'The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth'.

(verb.) variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; 'shoot cloth' .

Typed by Edwina--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.

(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.

(v. i.) To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.

(v. i.) To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.

(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.

(v. i.) To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.

(v. i.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.

(v. i.) To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.

(v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.

(v. i.) To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.

(v. i.) To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.

(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.

(v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.

(v. i.) To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

(v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

(v. i.) To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.

(v. i.) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

(v. i.) To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.

(v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

(n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.

(n.) A young branch or growth.

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

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

(n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

(n.) A shoat; a young hog.

Inputed by Elsa

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. [1]. Dart, let fly.[2]. Fire, discharge, let off.[3]. Emit, project, propel, send forth, put forth, thrust forth.[4]. Hit or kill by a missile.

v. n. [1]. Fire, discharge a gun.[2]. Pass, fly, dart.[3]. Bud, sprout, germinate, pullulate.[4]. Project, jut, jut out.

n. Sprout, branch, twig, scion, offshoot.

Editor: Omar

Definition

v.t. to dart: to let fly with force: to discharge from a bow or gun: to strike with a shot: to thrust forward: to pass rapidly through: to lay out place in position: to hunt over to kill game in or on: to send forth new parts as a plant.—v.i. to perform the act of shooting: to variegate to colour in spots or threads: to be driven along: to fly as an arrow: to jut out: to germinate: to advance or grow rapidly: to hunt birds &c. with a gun:—pa.t. and pa.p. shot.—n. act of shooting: a match at shooting shooting-party: a young branch: (Shak.) a sprouting horn: a passage-way in a mine for letting one down: a sloping trough used for discharging articles or goods from a height: a river-fall rapid.—adj. Shoot′able that may be shot or shot over.—ns. Shoot′er one who or that which shoots; Shoot′ing act of discharging firearms or an arrow: sensation of a quick pain: act or practice of killing game: right to kill game with firearms on a certain area: the district so limited; Shoot′ing-box a small house in the country for use in the shooting season; Shoot′ing-gall′ery a long room used for practice in the use of firearms; Shoot′ing-ī′ron (slang) a revolver; Shoot′ing-jack′et a short kind of coat for shooting in; Shoot′ing-range a place for practising shooting at targets at measured distances; Shoot′ing-star a meteor or falling star; Shoot′ing-stick a printer's tool of wood or metal to be struck with a mallet for driving quoins.—Shoot ahead to get to the front among a set of competitors; Shoot over to go out shooting: to hunt upon.—I′ll be shot (slang) a mild imprecation.

Inputed by Hannibal