Shoot — Defs

01 n. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural…

1.
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.[U. S.]

Phrases & compounds

To take a shoot — to pass through a shoot instead of the main channel; to take the most direct course.

02 v. t. 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.

imp. & p. p. Shot; p. pr. & vb. n. Shooting

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.” — Shak.
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.” — Boyle.
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.” — A. Tucker.
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.” — Beau. & Fl.

“A pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores.” — Macaulay.
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.” — Ps. xxii. 7.

“Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.” — Dryden.
6.
To plane straight; to fit by planing.(Carp.)
“Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel.” — Moxon.
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.” — Dryden.
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.” — Tennyson.

Phrases & compounds

To be shot of — to be discharged, cleared, or rid of.

03 v. i. 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.

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.” — Gen. xlix. 23.
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.” — Dryden.
4.
To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
“Thy words shoot through my heart.” — Addison.
5.
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
“These preachers make His head to shoot and ache.” — Herbert.
6.
To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
“Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth.” — Bacon.

“But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain.” — Dryden.
7.
To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
“Well shot in years he seemed.” — Spenser.

“Delightful task! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot.” — Thomson.
8.
To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
“If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals.” — Bacon.
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.” — Dickens.
10.
To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.(Naut.)

Phrases & compounds

To shoot ahead — to pass or move quickly forward; to outstrip others.

04 n. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.

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.” — Bacon.

“One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.” — Drayton.
2.
A young branch or growth.
“Superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring.” — Evelyn.
3.
A rush of water; a rapid.
4.
A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.(Min.)
5.
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.(Weaving)
6.
A shoat; a young hog.