shoot
1. a new branch
• Hypernyms:
sprout
• Hyponyms:
sucker, tiller
2. the act of shooting at targets
- they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
• Hypernyms:
shooting, shot
• Hyponyms:
skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting
1. hit with a missile from a weapon (Freq. 28)
• Syn:
hit, pip
• Derivationally related forms:
hitting (for: hit), shooter
• Hypernyms:
injure, wound
• Hyponyms:
gun down, grass, kneecap
• Verb Group:
blast, pip, strike, hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
2. kill by firing a missile (Freq. 27)
• Syn:
pip
• Derivationally related forms:
shooter, shooting
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Hyponyms:
flight, pick off
• Verb Group:
hit, pip
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- They want to shoot the prisoners
3. fire a shot (Freq. 26)
- the gunman blasted away
• Syn:
blast
• Derivationally related forms:
shooter, shooting
• Hypernyms:
fire, discharge
• Hyponyms:
blaze away, blaze, overshoot, sharpshoot, snipe,
open fire, fire, gun, pump
• Verb Group:
hit, pip
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s PP
4. make a film or photograph of something (Freq. 7)
- take a scene
- shoot a movie
• Syn:
film, take
• Derivationally related forms:
take (for: take), film (for: film), filming (for: film)
• Topics:
movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show,
motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
• Hypernyms:
record, enter, put down
• Hyponyms:
reshoot
• Verb Group:
photograph, snap
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s (for: film)
- Sam and Sue shoot the movie
5. send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly (Freq. 3)
- shoot a glance
• Hypernyms:
project, cast, contrive, throw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
6. run or move very quickly or hastily (Freq. 3)
- She dashed into the yard
• Syn:
dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
• See Also:
flash back (for: flash)
• Derivationally related forms:
scooter (for: scoot), dash (for: dash), dart (for: dart)
• Hypernyms:
rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed,
speed, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along,
belt along, step on it
• Hyponyms:
plunge
• Verb Group:
tear, shoot down, charge, buck
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
7. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective (Freq. 1)
- shoot craps
- shoot a golf ball
• Derivationally related forms:
shooter
• Hypernyms:
hit
• Hyponyms:
dunk, break, chip, carom, birdie,
eagle, double birdie, double bogey, bogey, knuckle
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
8. move quickly and violently (Freq. 1)
- The car tore down the street
- He came charging into my office
• Syn:
tear, shoot down, charge, buck
• See Also:
shoot up
• Hypernyms:
rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed,
speed, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along,
belt along, step on it
• Hyponyms:
rip
• Verb Group:
dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
- Somebody ----s PP
9. record on photographic film (Freq. 1)
- I photographed the scene of the accident
- She snapped a picture of the President
• Syn:
photograph, snap
• Derivationally related forms:
snap (for: snap), photograph (for: photograph), photographer (for: photograph)
• Topics:
photography, picture taking
• Hypernyms:
record, enter, put down
• Hyponyms:
retake, x-ray
• Verb Group:
film, take
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
10. emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
- The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth
• Hypernyms:
emit, give out, give off
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s something
11. cause a sharp and sudden pain in
- The pain shot up her leg
• Hypernyms:
ache, smart, hurt
• Verb Frames:
- Something is ----ing PP
12. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
- inject hydrogen into the balloon
• Syn:
inject
• Derivationally related forms:
injectable (for: inject), injection (for: inject), injector (for: inject)
• Hypernyms:
insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
• Verb Group:
inject
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
- They shoot the fruit with a chemical
- They shoot a chemical into the fruit
13. variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
- shoot cloth
• Hypernyms:
weave, interweave
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
14. throw dice, as in a crap game
• Derivationally related forms:
shooter
• Hypernyms:
throw
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
15. spend frivolously and unwisely
- Fritter away one's inheritance
• Syn:
fritter, frivol away, dissipate, fritter away, fool, fool away
• Derivationally related forms:
dissipation (for: dissipate)
• Hypernyms:
consume, squander, waste, ware
• Entailment:
consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete,
exhaust, run through, wipe out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
16. score
- shoot a basket
- shoot a goal
• Topics:
sport, athletics
• Hypernyms:
score, hit, tally, rack up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
17. utter fast and forcefully
- She shot back an answer
• Hypernyms:
utter, emit, let out, let loose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
18. measure the altitude of by using a sextant
- shoot a star
• Hypernyms:
measure, mensurate, measure out
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
19. give an injection to
- We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
• Syn:
inject
• Derivationally related forms:
injectable (for: inject), injection (for: inject), injectant (for: inject)
• Topics:
medicine, practice of medicine
• Hypernyms:
administer, dispense
• Hyponyms:
infuse, immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate
• Verb Group:
inject
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody with something
20. produce buds, branches, or germinate
- the potatoes sprouted
• Syn:
spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
• Derivationally related forms:
sprout (for: sprout), sprouting (for: sprout), pullulation (for: pullulate), germ (for: germinate), germination (for: germinate)
• Hypernyms:
grow
• Verb Group:
germinate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
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