shoot (noun)

a new branch

shoot (verb)

the act of shooting at targets

"they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"

shoot, hit, pip (verb)

hit with a missile from a weapon

shoot, pip (verb)

kill by firing a missile

blast, shoot (verb)

fire a shot

"the gunman blasted away"

film, shoot, take (verb)

make a film or photograph of something

"take a scene"; "shoot a movie"

shoot (verb)

send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly

"shoot a glance"

dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot (verb)

run or move very quickly or hastily

"She dashed into the yard"

tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck (verb)

move quickly and violently

"The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"

shoot (verb)

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

"shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"

photograph, snap, shoot (verb)

record on photographic film

"I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"

shoot (verb)

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

"The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"

shoot (verb)

cause a sharp and sudden pain in

"The pain shot up her leg"

inject, shoot (verb)

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

"inject hydrogen into the balloon"

shoot (verb)

variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors

"shoot cloth"

shoot (verb)

throw dice, as in a crap game

fritter, frivol away, dissipate, shoot, fritter away, fool, fool away (verb)

spend frivolously and unwisely

"Fritter away one's inheritance"

shoot (verb)

score

"shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"

shoot (verb)

utter fast and forcefully

"She shot back an answer"

shoot (verb)

measure the altitude of by using a sextant

"shoot a star"

shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout (verb)

produce buds, branches, or germinate

"the potatoes sprouted"

inject, shoot (verb)

give an injection to

"We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"

Shoot

Shoots are new plant growth, they can include stems, flowering stems with flower buds, and leaves. The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop. In the spring, perennial plant shoots are the new growth that grows from the ground in herbaceous plants or the new stem and/or flower growth that grows on woody plants. In everyday speech, shoots are often confused with stems. Stems, which are a critical component of shoots, provide an axis for buds, fruits, and leaves. Shoots are often eaten by animals because the fibres in the new growth have not yet completed secondary cell wall development; this makes shoots softer and easier to chew and digest. As shoots grow and age, the cells develop completed cell walls that have a hard and tough structure. Some plants produce toxins that make their shoots inedible or less palatable.

shoot

A shoot is an immature plant or portion of a plant.