(n.) 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.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden
motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
(v. i.) To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; --
often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
(v. i.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
(v. i.) To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a
rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
(v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to
color in spots or patches.
(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.
(v. i.) To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or
instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
(v. i.) 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.
(v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing
sensation; as, shooting pains.
(v. i.) To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
(v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
(v. i.) To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
(v. i.) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
(v. i.) To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land
shoots into a promontory.
(v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel
when the helm is put hard alee.
(n.) The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as,
the shoot of a shuttle.
(n.) A young branch or growth.
(n.) A rush of water; a rapid.
(n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the
lode.
(n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
(n.) A shoat; a young hog.
