"shoot" | Definition and Related Words

shoot

Noun

A new branch (synset 113185661)
is a type of: sprout - any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud
subtypes:
- sucker - a shoot arising from a plant's roots
- tiller - a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass
The act of shooting at targets (synset 100123774)
"they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

is a type of: shooting, shot - the act of firing a projectile

subtypes: 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

Verb

Hit with a missile from a weapon (synset 201139564)
is a type of: injure, wound - cause injuries or bodily harm to
subtypes:
- gun down - strike down or shoot down
- grass - shoot down, of birds
- kneecap - shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning
same as: hit, pip
verb group:
- hit, strike - make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target
- blast, shoot - fire a shot
- pip, shoot - kill by firing a missile
Kill by firing a missile (synset 202490159)
is a type of: kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
subtypes:
- flight - shoot a bird in flight
- pick off - shoot one by one
same as: pip

verb group: hit, pip, shoot - hit with a missile from a weapon
Fire a shot (synset 201137207)
"the gunman blasted away"

is a type of: discharge, fire - cause to go off
subtypes:
- 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
same as: blast

verb group: hit, pip, shoot - hit with a missile from a weapon
Make a film or photograph of something (synset 201004785)
"take a scene"; "shoot a movie"

referred to in: film, flick, motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, 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

is a type of: enter, put down, record - make a record of; set down in permanent form

subtypes: reshoot - shoot again

same as: film, take

verb group: photograph, shoot, snap - record on photographic film
Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly (synset 202100325)
"shoot a glance"

is a type of: cast, contrive, project, throw - put or send forth
Run or move very quickly or hastily (synset 202065423)
"She dashed into the yard"

is a type of: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it - move hurridly

subtypes: plunge - dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity

same as: dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud

verb group: buck, charge, shoot, shoot down, tear - move quickly and violently
Move quickly and violently (synset 202059191)
"The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

is a type of: belt along, bucket along, cannonball along, hasten, hie, hotfoot, pelt along, race, rush, rush along, speed, step on it - move hurridly

subtypes: rip - move precipitously or violently

same as: buck, charge, shoot down, tear

verb group: dart, dash, flash, scoot, scud, shoot - run or move very quickly or hastily
Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective (synset 201600207)
"shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"

is a type of: hit - cause to move by striking
subtypes:
- 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
Record on photographic film (synset 201005294)
"I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"

referred to in: photography, picture taking - the act of taking and printing photographs

is a type of: enter, put down, record - make a record of; set down in permanent form
subtypes:
- retake - photograph again
- x-ray - take an x-ray of something or somebody
same as: photograph, snap

verb group: film, shoot, take - make a film or photograph of something
Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully (synset 202774217)
"The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"

is a type of: emit, give off, give out - give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.
Cause a sharp and sudden pain in (synset 202127640)
"The pain shot up her leg"

is a type of: ache, hurt, smart - be the source of pain
Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing (synset 201588444)
"inject hydrogen into the balloon"

is a type of: enclose, inclose, insert, introduce, put in, stick in - place, fit, or thrust (something) into another thing

same as: inject

verb group: inject, shoot - give an injection to
Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors (synset 201521817)
"shoot cloth"

is a type of: interweave, weave - interlace by or as if by weaving
Throw dice, as in a crap game (synset 201439781)
is a type of: throw - throw (a die) out onto a flat surface
Spend frivolously and unwisely (synset 201198337)
"Fritter away one's inheritance"

entail: consume, deplete, eat, eat up, exhaust, run through, use up, wipe out - use up (resources or materials)

is a type of: consume, squander, ware, waste - spend extravagantly

same as: dissipate, fool, fool away, fritter, fritter away, frivol away
Score (synset 201086877)
"shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"

referred to in: athletics, sport - an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition

is a type of: hit, rack up, score, tally - gain points in a game
Utter fast and forcefully (synset 200987251)
"She shot back an answer"

is a type of: emit, let loose, let out, utter - express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words)
Measure the altitude of by using a sextant (synset 200649161)
"shoot a star"

is a type of: measure, measure out, mensurate - determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of
Produce buds, branches, or germinate (synset 200357986)
"the potatoes sprouted"

is a type of: grow - increase in size by natural process

same as: bourgeon, burgeon forth, germinate, pullulate, sprout, spud

verb group: germinate - cause to grow or sprout
Give an injection to (synset 200086072)
"We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"

referred to in: 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

is a type of: administer, dispense - give or apply (medications)
subtypes:
- infuse - introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes
- immunise, immunize, inoculate, vaccinate - perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation
same as: inject

verb group: inject, shoot - force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing

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