shoot

v

1. hit, wound, hurt, harm, damage, injure; shoot down, bring down, drop, fell; riddle, Sl. pump full of lead, Sl. zap, pick off; kill, slay, Sl. knock off, Sl. snuff out.

2. send forth, discharge, fire or fire off, let fly, let off, eject; project, propel, throw, cast, sling, fling, toss, heave, chuck, catapult, launch.

3. fire at or on, shoot at, snipe at, aim at, draw or get a bead on; open fire, bombard, shell, pepper, pelt, blitz, barrage, Sl. blast.

4. direct, send, throw, flash.

5. hunt, stalk, course, chase, pursue.

6. move suddenly, start, spring, leap, spurt, dash ahead, pass; dart, whisk, whiz, tear, rush, fly; bound, run, sprint, race, speed, hie, hasten, hurry, post; scoot, scud, scuttle, Inf. skedaddle.

7. variegate, diversify, streak, stripe, striate, interweave.

8.Often shoot out

reach out, stretch out, stick out, put out, throw out.

9. put forth buds or shoots, burgeon, sprout, germinate, pullulate, come up or forth, spring up, arise; grow, develop, flourish, thrive, luxuriate, mushroom, boom.

10. detonate, explode, set off, Obs. detonize.

11. extend, jut out, project, protrude, bulge out, stick out.

12. flow through, permeate, pervade, penetrate, pierce, pass through.

13. shoot at or for

Informal. strive toward or for, try for, aim for, set one's sights on.

n

14.(all of plants) bud, burgeon, sprout, sprig; stem, twig, small branch; offshoot, Bot. runner, Bot. stolon, Bot. sucker; scion, cutting, slip, Hort. graft.