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