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shoot > 22 senses
NOUN	1	shoot	A new branch
NOUN	2	shoot	The act of shooting at targets
VERB	1	shoot, hit, pip	Hit with a missile from a weapon
	2	shoot, pip	Kill by firing a missile
	3	shoot	Fire a shot
	4	shoot, film, take	Make a film or photograph of something
	5	shoot	Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
	6	shoot, dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash	Run or move very quickly or hastily
	7	shoot, tear, shoot down, charge, buck	Move quickly and violently
	8	shoot	Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
	9	shoot, photograph, snap	Record on photographic film
	10	shoot	Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
	11	shoot	Cause a sharp and sudden pain in
	12	shoot, inject	Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
	13	shoot	Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
	14	shoot	Throw dice, as in a crap game
	15	shoot, fritter, frivol away, dissipate, fritter away, fool, fool away	Spend frivolously and unwisely
	16	shoot	Score
	17	shoot	Utter fast and forcefully
	18	shoot	Measure the altitude of by using a sextant
	19	shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout	Produce buds, branches, or germinate
	20	shoot, inject	Give an injection to

shoot > pronunciation
Sounds	shuw't
Rhymes	absolute, acute, arrowroot, and 76 more rhymes in uwt at the HyperDic website...

shoot > noun 2, act
Meaning	The act of shooting at targets.
Examples	"they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
Narrower	skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting
Broader	shooting, shot
Verbs	shoot; shoot

shoot > verb 1, competition
Meaning	Hit with a missile from a weapon.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	hit, pip
Entailed by	machine gun
Narrower	gun down; grass; kneecap
Broader	injure, wound
Similar to	strike, hit; shoot; shoot, pip
Nouns	shooter; shoot

shoot > verb 2, social
Meaning	Kill by firing a missile.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody
Model	They want to shoot the prisoners
Synonyms	pip
Narrower	flight; pick off
Broader	kill
Similar to	shoot, hit, pip
Nouns	shooter; shooter; shooting

shoot > verb 3, competition
Meaning	Fire a shot.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP
Entailed by	undershoot
Narrower	blaze away, blaze; overshoot; sharpshoot, snipe; open fire, fire; gun; pump
Broader	fire, discharge
Similar to	shoot, hit, pip
Nouns	shooting; shooter; shoot

shoot > verb 4, communication
Meaning	Make a film or photograph of something.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Model	Sam and Sue shoot the movie
Examples	"shoot a movie"
Synonyms	film, take
Category	movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
Narrower	reshoot
Broader	record, enter, put down
Similar to	photograph, snap, shoot

shoot > verb 5, motion
Meaning	Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"shoot a glance"
Broader	project, cast, contrive, throw

shoot > verb 6, motion
Meaning	Run or move very quickly or hastily.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Synonyms	dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
Narrower	plunge
Broader	rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Similar to	tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck

shoot > verb 7, motion
Meaning	Move quickly and violently.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP
Synonyms	tear, shoot down, charge, buck
Narrower	rip
Broader	rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
Similar to	dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot
See also	shoot up

shoot > verb 8, contact
Meaning	Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something
Examples	"shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
Narrower	dunk; break; chip; carom; birdie; double birdie; double bogey; bogey; knuckle
Broader	hit
Nouns	shooter; shooter

shoot > verb 9, communication
Meaning	Record on photographic film.
Pattern	Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	photograph, snap
Category	photography, picture taking
Narrower	retake; x-ray
Broader	record, enter, put down
Similar to	film, shoot, take

shoot > verb 10, weather
Meaning	Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully.
Pattern	Something ----s something
Broader	emit, give out, give off

shoot > verb 11, perception
Meaning	Cause a sharp and sudden pain in.
Pattern	Something is ----ing PP
Broader	ache, smart, hurt

shoot > verb 12, contact
Meaning	Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something
Model	They shoot the fruit with a chemical; They shoot a chemical into the fruit
Synonyms	inject
Broader	insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
Similar to	inject, shoot

shoot > verb 13, contact
Meaning	Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"shoot cloth"
Broader	weave, interweave

shoot > verb 15, consumption
Meaning	Spend frivolously and unwisely.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Synonyms	fritter, frivol away, dissipate, fritter away, fool, fool away
Entails	consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
Broader	consume, squander, waste, ware

shoot > verb 18, cognition
Meaning	Measure the altitude of by using a sextant.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"shoot a star"
Broader	measure, mensurate, measure out

shoot > verb 19, change
Meaning	Produce buds, branches, or germinate.
Pattern	Something ----s
Synonyms	spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
Broader	grow
Similar to	germinate
Nouns	shoot

shoot > verb 20, body
Meaning	Give an injection to.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something
Synonyms	inject
Category	medicine, practice of medicine
Narrower	infuse; immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate
Broader	administer, dispense
Similar to	inject, shoot