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Noun
S:
(n)
shoot
(a new branch)
S:
(n)
shoot
(the act of shooting at targets)
"they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
Verb
S:
(v)
shoot
,
hit
,
pip
(hit with a missile from a weapon)
S:
(v)
shoot
,
pip
(kill by firing a missile)
S:
(v)
blast
,
shoot
(fire a shot)
"the gunman blasted away"
S:
(v)
film
,
shoot
,
take
(make a film or photograph of something)
"take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
S:
(v)
shoot
(send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly)
"shoot a glance"
S:
(v)
dart
,
dash
,
scoot
,
scud
,
flash
,
shoot
(run or move very quickly or hastily)
"She dashed into the yard"
S:
(v)
tear
,
shoot
,
shoot down
,
charge
,
buck
(move quickly and violently)
"The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
S:
(v)
shoot
(throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective)
"shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
S:
(v)
photograph
,
snap
,
shoot
(record on photographic film)
"I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
S:
(v)
shoot
(emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully)
"The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
S:
(v)
shoot
(cause a sharp and sudden pain in)
"The pain shot up her leg"
direct hypernym
/
inherited hypernym
/
sister term
S:
(v)
ache
,
smart
,
hurt
(be the source of pain)
S:
(v)
bite
,
sting
,
burn
(cause a sharp or stinging pain or discomfort)
"The sun burned his face"
S:
(v)
burn
(feel hot or painful)
"My eyes are burning"
S:
(v)
itch
(have or perceive an itch)
"I'm itching--the air is so dry!"
S:
(v)
hunger
(feel the need to eat)
S:
(v)
thirst
(feel the need to drink)
S:
(v)
act up
(make itself felt as a recurring pain)
"My arthritis is acting up again"
S:
(v)
throb
(pulsate or pound with abnormal force)
"my head is throbbing"; "Her heart was throbbing"
S:
(v)
shoot
(cause a sharp and sudden pain in)
"The pain shot up her leg"
sentence frame
Something is ----ing PP
S:
(v)
inject
,
shoot
(force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing)
"inject hydrogen into the balloon"
S:
(v)
shoot
(variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors)
"shoot cloth"
S:
(v)
shoot
(throw dice, as in a crap game)
S:
(v)
fritter
,
frivol away
,
dissipate
,
shoot
,
fritter away
,
fool
,
fool away
(spend frivolously and unwisely)
"Fritter away one's inheritance"
S:
(v)
shoot
(score)
"shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
S:
(v)
shoot
(utter fast and forcefully)
"She shot back an answer"
S:
(v)
shoot
(measure the altitude of by using a sextant)
"shoot a star"
S:
(v)
shoot
,
spud
,
germinate
,
pullulate
,
bourgeon
,
burgeon forth
,
sprout
(produce buds, branches, or germinate)
"the potatoes sprouted"
S:
(v)
inject
,
shoot
(give an injection to)
"We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"