Main entry: shoot
Definition: the act of shooting at targets
Usage: they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
Main entry: shoot
Definition: a new branch
Definition: give an injection to
Usage: We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
Main entry: germinate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, pullulate, sprout, spud, shoot
Definition: produce buds, branches, or germinate
Usage: the potatoes sprouted
Main entry: shoot
Definition: measure the altitude of by using a sextant
Usage: shoot a star
Main entry: shoot
Definition: utter fast and forcefully
Usage: She shot back an answer
Definition: make a film or photograph of something
Usage: take a scene; shoot a movie
Main entry: shoot, snap, photograph
Definition: record on photographic film
Usage: I photographed the scene of the accident; She snapped a picture of the President
Main entry: shoot
Definition: score
Usage: shoot a basket; shoot a goal
Definition: fire a shot
Usage: the gunman blasted away
Definition: hit with a missile from a weapon
Main entry: dissipate, shoot, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away
Definition: spend frivolously and unwisely
Usage: Fritter away one's inheritance
Main entry: shoot
Definition: throw dice, as in a crap game
Main entry: shoot
Definition: variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
Usage: shoot cloth
Definition: force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
Usage: inject hydrogen into the balloon
Main entry: shoot
Definition: throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
Usage: shoot craps; shoot a golf ball
Main entry: tear, shoot, shoot down, buck, charge
Definition: move quickly and violently
Usage: The car tore down the street; He came charging into my office
Main entry: shoot, scoot, scud, dart, dash, flash
Definition: run or move very quickly or hastily
Usage: She dashed into the yard
Main entry: shoot
Definition: send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
Usage: shoot a glance
Main entry: shoot
Definition: cause a sharp and sudden pain in
Usage: The pain shot up her leg
Definition: kill by firing a missile
Main entry: shoot
Definition: emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
Usage: The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth