Shoot

·noun A shoat; a young hog.

II. Shoot ·noun A young branch or growth.

III. Shoot ·noun A rush of water; a rapid.

IV. Shoot ·vi To plane straight; to fit by planing.

V. Shoot ·vi To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

VI. Shoot ·vi To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

VII. Shoot ·noun A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

VIII. Shoot ·noun A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

IX. Shoot ·vi To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.

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

XI. Shoot ·vi To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.

XII. Shoot ·vi To discharge a missile;

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

XIII. Shoot ·vi To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

XIV. Shoot ·vi To Grow; to Advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.

XV. 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.