English to English noun
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a new branch |  | source: wordnet30
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the act of shooting at targets |  | Example: they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle. |  | source: webster1913 verb
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hit with a missile from a weapon |  | source: wordnet30
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kill by firing a missile |  | source: wordnet30
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fire a shot |  | Example: the gunman blasted away
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make a film or photograph of something |  | Example: take a scene shoot a movie
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send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly |  | Example: shoot a glance
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run or move very quickly or hastily |  | Example: She dashed into the yard
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move quickly and violently |  | Example: The car tore down the street He came charging into my office
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throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective |  | Example: shoot craps shoot a golf ball
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record on photographic film |  | Example: I photographed the scene of the accident She snapped a picture of the President
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emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully |  | Example: The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth
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cause a sharp and sudden pain in |  | Example: The pain shot up her leg
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force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing |  | Example: inject hydrogen into the balloon
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variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors |  | Example: shoot cloth
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throw dice, as in a crap game |  | source: wordnet30
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spend frivolously and unwisely |  | Example: Fritter away one's inheritance
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score |  | Example: shoot a basket shoot a goal
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utter fast and forcefully |  | Example: She shot back an answer
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measure the altitude of by using a sextant |  | Example: shoot a star
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produce buds, branches, or germinate |  | Example: the potatoes sprouted
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give an injection to |  | Example: We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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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. |  | source: webster1913
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