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Meaning of 'shoot' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Shoot [ 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.
- The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
- A young branch or growth.
- A rush of water; a rapid.
- A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
- A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
- A shoat; a young hog.
2 . Shoot [ 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
- To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
- To plane straight; to fit by planing.
- To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
- To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
- 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.
- To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
- 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.
- To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
- To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
- To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
- To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
- To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
- To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
- To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

Meaning of 'shoot' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . shoot [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the act of shooting at targets
Example in sentence:
  • they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
2 . shoot [ v]
Meaning (2):
- spend frivolously and unwisely
Example in sentence:
  • Fritter away one's inheritance
Meaning (3):
- move quickly and violently
Example in sentence:
  • He came charging into my office;
  • The car tore down the street
Meaning (4):
- record on photographic film
Example in sentence:
  • I photographed the scene of the accident;
  • She snapped a picture of the President
Meaning (5):
- force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
Example in sentence:
  • inject hydrogen into the balloon
Meaning (6):
- run or move very quickly or hastily
Example in sentence:
  • She dashed into the yard
Meaning (7):
- utter fast and forcefully
Example in sentence:
  • She shot back an answer
Meaning (8):
- score
Example in sentence:
  • shoot a basket;
  • shoot a goal
Meaning (9):
- send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
Example in sentence:
  • shoot a glance
Meaning (10):
- throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
Example in sentence:
  • shoot a golf ball;
  • shoot craps
Meaning (11):
- make a film or photograph of something
Example in sentence:
  • shoot a movie;
  • take a scene
Meaning (12):
- measure the altitude of by using a sextant
Example in sentence:
  • shoot a star
Meaning (13):
- variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
Example in sentence:
  • shoot cloth
Meaning (14):
- emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
Example in sentence:
  • The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth
Meaning (15):
- fire a shot
Example in sentence:
  • the gunman blasted away
Meaning (16):
- cause a sharp and sudden pain in
Example in sentence:
  • The pain shot up her leg
Meaning (17):
- produce buds, branches, or germinate
Example in sentence:
  • the potatoes sprouted
Meaning (18):
- give an injection to
Example in sentence:
  • We injected the glucose into the patient's vein