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1. 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. Source: opted

2. v. i. To let fly, or word/cause">cause to be word/driven">driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object. Source: opted

3. v. i. To word/discharge">discharge, word/causing">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. Source: opted

4. v. i. To word/strike">strike with word/anything">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. Source: opted

5. 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. Source: opted

6. v. i. To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud. Source: opted

7. v. i. To plane straight; to fit by planing. Source: opted

8. v. i. To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar. Source: opted

9. v. i. To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches. Source: opted

10. 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. Source: opted

11. v. i. To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well. Source: opted

12. 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. Source: opted

13. v. i. To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains. Source: opted

14. v. i. To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain. Source: opted

15. v. i. To germinate; to bud; to sprout. Source: opted

16. v. i. To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly. Source: opted

17. v. i. To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify. Source: opted

18. v. i. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory. Source: opted

19. v. i. To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee. Source: opted

20. n. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle. Source: opted

21. n. A young branch or growth. Source: opted

22. n. A rush of water; a rapid. Source: opted

23. n. A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode. Source: opted

24. n. A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick. Source: opted

25. n. A shoat; a young hog. Source: opted

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