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SHOOT

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Irregular inflected form: shot   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The act of shooting at targets

Example:

they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("shoot" is a kind of...):

shooting; shot (the act of firing a projectile)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shoot"):

skeet; skeet shooting; trapshooting (the sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird)

Derivation:

shoot (fire a shot)

shoot (hit with a missile from a weapon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A new branch

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("shoot" is a kind of...):

sprout (any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shoot"):

sucker (a shoot arising from a plant's roots)

tiller (a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass)

Derivation:

shoot (produce buds, branches, or germinate)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Give an injection to

Example:

We injected the glucose into the patient's vein

Synonyms:

inject; shoot

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

administer; dispense (give or apply (medications))

Verb group:

inject; shoot (force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing)

Domain category:

medicine; practice of medicine (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):

infuse (introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes)

immunise; immunize; inoculate; vaccinate (perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Produce buds, branches, or germinate

Example:

the potatoes sprouted

Synonyms:

bourgeon; burgeon forth; germinate; pullulate; shoot; sprout; spud

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

grow (increase in size by natural process)

Verb group:

germinate (cause to grow or sprout)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

shoot (a new branch)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Measure the altitude of by using a sextant

Example:

shoot a star

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

measure; measure out; mensurate (determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 4

Meaning:

Utter fast and forcefully

Example:

She shot back an answer

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Make a film or photograph of something

Example:

shoot a movie

Synonyms:

film; shoot; take

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Verb group:

photograph; shoot; snap (record on photographic film)

Domain category:

film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):

reshoot (shoot again)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

Sam and Sue shoot the movie

Sense 6

Meaning:

Record on photographic film

Example:

She snapped a picture of the President

Synonyms:

photograph; shoot; snap

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)

Verb group:

film; shoot; take (make a film or photograph of something)

Domain category:

photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):

retake (photograph again)

x-ray (take an x-ray of something or somebody)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 7

Meaning:

Score

Example:

shoot a goal

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 8

Meaning:

Fire a shot

Example:

the gunman blasted away

Synonyms:

blast; shoot

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

discharge; fire (cause to go off)

Verb group:

hit; pip; shoot (hit with a missile from a weapon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):

blaze; blaze away (shoot rapidly and repeatedly)

overshoot (shoot beyond or over (a target))

sharpshoot; snipe (aim and shoot with great precision)

fire; open fire (start firing a weapon)

gun (shoot with a gun)

pump (deliver forth)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP

Derivation:

shoot (the act of shooting at targets)

shooter (a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot))

shooting (the act of firing a projectile)

Sense 9

Meaning:

Hit with a missile from a weapon

Synonyms:

hit; pip; shoot

Classified under:

Verbs of fighting, athletic activities

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)

Verb group:

pip; shoot (kill by firing a missile)

blast; shoot (fire a shot)

hit; strike (make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):

kneecap (shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning)

grass (shoot down, of birds)

gun down (strike down or shoot down)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

shoot (the act of shooting at targets)

shooter (a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot))

Sense 10

Meaning:

Spend frivolously and unwisely

Example:

Fritter away one's inheritance

Synonyms:

dissipate; fool; fool away; fritter; fritter away; frivol away; shoot

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

consume; squander; ware; waste (spend extravagantly)

"Shoot" entails doing...:

consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 11

Meaning:

Throw dice, as in a crap game

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

throw (throw (a die) out onto a flat surface)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

shooter (a gambler who throws dice in the game of craps)

Sense 12

Meaning:

Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

Example:

shoot cloth

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

interweave; weave (interlace by or as if by weaving)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 13

Meaning:

Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

Example:

inject hydrogen into the balloon

Synonyms:

inject; shoot

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in (place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing)

Verb group:

inject; shoot (give an injection to)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something

Sentence examples:

They shoot the fruit with a chemical

They shoot a chemical into the fruit

Sense 14

Meaning:

Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective

Example:

shoot a golf ball

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

hit (cause to move by striking)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):

dunk (make a dunk shot, in basketball)

break (make the opening shot that scatters the balls)

chip (play a chip shot)

carom (make a carom)

birdie (shoot in one stroke under par)

double birdie; eagle (shoot two strokes under par)

double bogey (to shoot two strokes over par)

bogey (to shoot in one stroke over par)

knuckle (shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

shooter (a large marble used for shooting in the game of marbles)

shooter ((sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket))

Sense 15

Meaning:

Move quickly and violently

Example:

He came charging into my office

Synonyms:

buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)

Verb group:

dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot (run or move very quickly or hastily)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):

rip (move precipitously or violently)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Also:

shoot up (rise dramatically)

Sense 16

Meaning:

Run or move very quickly or hastily

Example:

She dashed into the yard

Synonyms:

dart; dash; flash; scoot; scud; shoot

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed; step on it (move hurridly)

Verb group:

buck; charge; shoot; shoot down; tear (move quickly and violently)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):

plunge (dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity)

Sentence frames:

Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP

Sense 17

Meaning:

Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

Example:

shoot a glance

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

cast; contrive; project; throw (put or send forth)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 18

Meaning:

Cause a sharp and sudden pain in

Example:

The pain shot up her leg

Classified under:

Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

ache; hurt; smart (be the source of pain)

Sentence frame:

Something is ----ing PP

Sense 19

Meaning:

Kill by firing a missile

Synonyms:

pip; shoot

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)

Verb group:

hit; pip; shoot (hit with a missile from a weapon)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):

flight (shoot a bird in flight)

pick off (shoot one by one)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sentence example:

They want to shoot the prisoners

Derivation:

shooter (a professional killer who uses a gun)

shooter (a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot))

shooting (killing someone by gunfire)

Sense 20

Meaning:

Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully

Example:

The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth

Classified under:

Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering

Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):

emit; give off; give out (give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s something

Credits

 Context examples: 

Now, MUSH! Thornton’s command cracked out like a pistol-shot.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

He threw stones at her and with one chance shot broke a wing.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The fellow would take the boat and my father’s best gun and treat himself to little shooting trips.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Then the fox said, Do not shoot me, for I will give you good counsel; I know what your business is, and that you want to find the golden bird.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

Holmes had lit a cigarette and was shooting little darting glances all over the room.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Mars has been in Libra since October 3, and that has shot up your expenses.

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

It hadn’t pulled up before she shot out of the hall door and into it.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

I could have shot him, but I let him go.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They drove him an hour, and then opened the door and shot him out.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

'Twas but a flight shot to see if the wind blew steady, though I were a rogue to doubt it.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)