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(n) a new branch
(n) the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
(v) hit with a missile from a weapon
(v) kill by firing a missile
(v) fire a shot
(v) make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
(v) send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
(v) run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
(v) move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
(v) throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
(v) record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
(v) emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
(v) cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"
(v) force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
(v) variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"
(v) throw dice, as in a crap game
(v) spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one''s inheritance"
(v) score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
(v) utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"
(v) measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"
(v) produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
(v) give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient''s vein"

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