Shoot
Shoot , noun
[French chute. See Chute. Confused with shoot to let fly.]
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. [United States]
Collocations (1)
To take a shoot , to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course. [United States]
Shoot , transitive verb
[Old English shotien, schotien, Anglo-Saxon scotian, v. i., sceótan; akin to Dutch schieten, German schie{not transcribed}en, Old High German sciozan, Icelandic skj{not transcribed}ta, Swedish skjuta, Danish skyde; compare Sanskrit skund to jump. r159. Compare Scot a contribution, Scout to reject, Scud, Scuttle, v. i., Shot, Sheet, Shut, Shuttle, Skittish, Skittles.]
1.
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.
If you please
To shoot an arrow that self way.
2.
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.
The two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one another.
3.
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.
When Roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's dove house.
4.
To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
An honest weaver as ever shot shuttle.
A pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores.
5.
To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head.
Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.
6.
(Carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel.
7.
To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
She... shoots the Stygian sound.
8.
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
The tangled water courses slept,
Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.
Collocations (1)
To be shot of , to be discharged, cleared, or rid of. [Colloquial] Are you not glad to be shot of him?
Shoot , intransitive verb
1.
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.
The archers have... shot at him.
2.
To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
3.
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.
There shot a streaming lamp along the sky.
4.
To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
Thy words shoot through my heart.
5.
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
These preachers make
His head to shoot and ache.
6.
To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth.
But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain.
7.
To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
Well shot in years he seemed.
Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot.
8.
To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals.
9.
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses.
10.
(Nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
Collocations (1)
To shoot ahead , to pass or move quickly forward; to outstrip others.
Shoot , noun
1.
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot.
One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.
2.
A young branch or growth.
Superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring.
3.
A rush of water; a rapid.
4.
(Mineralogy) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode. — Knight
5.
(Weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
6.
A shoat; a young hog.