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