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S: (n) shoot (a new branch)
S: (n) shoot (the act of shooting at targets) "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

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"
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) score, hit, tally, rack up (gain points in a game) "The home team scored many times"; "He hit a home run"; "He hit .300 in the past season"

S: (v) par (make a score (on a hole) equal to par)
S: (v) shoot (score) "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
S: (v) convert (score (a spare))
S: (v) convert (complete successfully) "score a penalty shot or free throw"
S: (v) convert (score an extra point or points after touchdown by kicking the ball through the uprights or advancing the ball into the end zone) "Smith converted and his team won"
S: (v) homer (hit a home run)
S: (v) kick (make a goal) "He kicked the extra point after touchdown"
S: (v) eagle (shoot in two strokes under par)
S: (v) hole up (score a hole in one)
S: (v) ace (score an ace against) "He aced his opponents"
S: (v) walk (obtain a base on balls)
S: (v) equalize, equalise, get even (compensate; make the score equal)
S: (v) have, get, make (achieve a point or goal) "Nicklaus had a 70"; "The Brazilian team got 4 goals"; "She made 29 points that day"

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"