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English to English noun
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a new branch |  | source: wordnet30
| 2 |
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
| 7 |
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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| 18 |
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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| 21 |
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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| 23 |
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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