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(1):

(n.) A rush of water; a rapid.

(2):

(v. i.) To germinate; to bud; to sprout.

(3):

(v. i.) To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.

(4):

(v. i.) To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.

(5):

(v. i.) To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.

(6):

(n.) A young branch or growth.

(7):

(v. i.) To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.

(8):

(v. i.) To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.

(9):

(v. i.) To plane straight; to fit by planing.

(10):

(v. i.) To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; - often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.

(11):

(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.

(12):

(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.

(13):

(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.

(14):

(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.

(15):

(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.

(16):

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

(17):

(v. i.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.

(18):

(v. i.) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.

(19):

(v. i.) To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.

(20):

(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.

(21):

(v. i.) To discharge a missile; - said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.

(22):

(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.

(23):

(n.) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.

(24):

(n.) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.

(25):

(n.) A shoat; a young hog.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Shoot'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​s/shoot.html. 1828.
 
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