Synonyms: shoot
Definition: the act of shooting at targets
Usage: they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
Definition: the act of firing a projectile
Usage: his shooting was slow but accurate
Synonyms: shoot
Definition: a new branch
Similar words: sprout
Definition: any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
Definition: give an injection to
Usage: We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
Similar words: administer, dispense
Definition: give or apply (medications)
Synonyms: germinate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, pullulate, sprout, spud, shoot
Definition: produce buds, branches, or germinate
Usage: the potatoes sprouted
Similar words: grow
Definition: increase in size by natural process
Usage: Corn doesn't grow here; In these forests, mushrooms grow under the trees; her hair doesn't grow much anymore
Synonyms: shoot
Definition: measure the altitude of by using a sextant
Usage: shoot a star
Similar words: measure, measure out, mensurate
Definition: determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
Usage: Measure the length of the wall
Synonyms: shoot
Definition: utter fast and forcefully
Usage: She shot back an answer
Similar words: utter, let loose, let out, emit
Definition: express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
Usage: She let out a big heavy sigh; He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand
Definition: make a film or photograph of something
Usage: take a scene; shoot a movie
Synonyms: shoot, snap, photograph
Definition: record on photographic film
Usage: I photographed the scene of the accident; She snapped a picture of the President
Synonyms: shoot
Definition: score
Usage: shoot a basket; shoot a goal
Similar words: hit, tally, rack up, score
Definition: gain points in a game
Usage: The home team scored many times; He hit a home run; He hit .300 in the past season
Definition: fire a shot
Usage: the gunman blasted away
Definition: hit with a missile from a weapon
Synonyms: dissipate, shoot, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away
Definition: spend frivolously and unwisely
Usage: Fritter away one's inheritance
Similar words: consume, squander, waste, ware
Definition: spend extravagantly
Usage: waste not, want not
Synonyms: shoot
Definition: throw dice, as in a crap game
Synonyms: shoot
Definition: variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
Usage: shoot cloth
Similar words: weave, interweave
Definition: interlace by or as if by weaving
Definition: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
Usage: inject hydrogen into the balloon
Similar words: insert, inclose, stick in, enclose, introduce, put in
Definition: introduce
Usage: Insert your ticket here
Synonyms: shoot
Definition: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
Usage: shoot craps; shoot a golf ball
Synonyms: tear, shoot, shoot down, buck, charge
Definition: move quickly and violently
Usage: The car tore down the street; He came charging into my office
Similar words: hasten, hotfoot, hie, cannonball along, bucket along, pelt along, belt along, step on it, race, speed, rush, rush along
Definition: move fast
Usage: He rushed down the hall to receive his guests; The cars raced down the street
Synonyms: shoot, scoot, scud, dart, dash, flash
Definition: run or move very quickly or hastily
Usage: She dashed into the yard
Similar words: hasten, hotfoot, hie, cannonball along, bucket along, pelt along, belt along, step on it, race, speed, rush, rush along
Definition: move fast
Usage: He rushed down the hall to receive his guests; The cars raced down the street
Synonyms: shoot
Definition: send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
Usage: shoot a glance
Similar words: cast, contrive, throw, project
Definition: put or send forth
Usage: She threw the flashlight beam into the corner; The setting sun threw long shadows; cast a spell; cast a warm light
Synonyms: shoot
Definition: cause a sharp and sudden pain in
Usage: The pain shot up her leg
Definition: kill by firing a missile
Similar words: kill
Definition: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
Usage: This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank; The farmer killed a pig for the holidays
Synonyms: shoot
Definition: emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
Usage: The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth
Similar words: give off, give out, emit
Definition: give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
Usage: The ozone layer blocks some harmful rays which the sun emits