SHOOT

noun a shoat; a young hog.

2. shoot ·noun a young branch or growth.

3. shoot ·noun a rush of water; a rapid.

4. shoot ·vi to plane straight; to fit by planing.

5. shoot ·vi to feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

6. shoot ·vi to change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

7. shoot ·noun a weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

8. shoot ·noun a vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

9. shoot ·vi to variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.

10. shoot ·noun the act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.

11. shoot ·vi to penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.

12. shoot ·vi to discharge a missile;

— said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.

13. shoot ·vi to move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

14. shoot ·vi to grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.

15. shoot ·vi to pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.

xvi. shoot ·vi to germinate; to bud; to sprout.

xvii. shoot ·vi 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.

xviii. shoot ·vi to push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude;

— often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.

xix. shoot ·vi 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.

xx. shoot ·vi 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.

xxi. shoot ·vi 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.

xxii. shoot ·vi to protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.

xxiii. shoot ·vi 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.

xxiv. shoot ·vi to send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

xxv. shoot ·noun 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.