Meaning of shoot | Babel Free

Definitions

1. To launch (forcefully project) a projectile. To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile)
2. The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
3. Used to express surprise, mild annoyance, or disappointment.
4. To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile)
5. A photography session.
6. Informal To strive or aim for; have as a goal.
   Informal
7. To fire (a projectile)
8. A hunt or shooting competition.
9. To act or speak on a matter without forethought.
10. To fire a projectile at (a person or target)
11. An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
    slang
12. To do all within one's power; exhaust all of one's resources or capabilities.
13. To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile
14. The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
15. To do or say something that inadvertently undermines one's interests.
16. A rush of water; a rapid.
17. To talk or deal honestly.
18. A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
19. To spend time talking in an idle manner; talk idly.
20. A shoat; a young pig.
21. To talk idly.
22. A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
23. To expend all of one's efforts or capital.
24. An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
25. A new growth on a plant, such as a young branch or a sprout from a seed.
26. The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
27. A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.

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Examples

“Prune off yet also superfluous branches, and shoots of this second spring.”

“From the bonfire of last autumn's HS2 decision, there are green shoots pushing through the ashes.”

“While you see some of our exploration on camera, I also spent many happy hours between shoots with Chris Nix, digging out dozens of wonderful plans, maps and drawings of projects that I never knew existed, and some that never did exist.”

“The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot.”

“One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.”

“where to find a shoot of ore opposite one they may have taken away on a parallel lode”

“1901, Frank Lee Hess, pubs.usgs.gov report. Rare Metals. TIN, TUNGSTEN, AND TANTALUM IN SOUTH DAKOTA. In the western dike is a shoot about 4 feet in diameter carrying a considerable sprinkling of cassiterite, ore which in quantity would undoubtedly be worth mining. The shoot contains a large amount of muscovite mica with quartz and very little or no feldspar...”

“That there was no evidence before the jury that at the time of the accident the timber shoot was worked by the defendant company.”

“Once the last line of cable has been retrieved, there is little evidence that a shoot has been conducted.”

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