shoot

n. newly grown plant stem; bud, sprout; act of firing a weapon; hunting expedition; shooting competition; act of photographing; photography or filming session; launch of a missile or artillery shell

v. fire a weapon; injure or kill a person or animal by gunfire; hunt; radiate, emit; film, photograph; launch a missile or artillery shell; germinate, sprout; throw, project, cast; pass quickly

Shoots are fresh new plant growth, they can include stems, flowering stems with flower buds, 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.
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For the television advertising magazine, see Shoot magazine Shoot, or Shoot Monthly, is a monthly football magazine published in the UK by IPC Media.The magazine began publication as a weekly in 1969 and was primarily targeted at teenage football fans. In an era before older fans had glossy monthly magazines such as Four Four Two targeted at them, Shoot was arguably the most popular football magazine in the UK, remaining the strongest magazine in this market until the mid 1990s. A change to a monthly frequency occurred in the late 90s and it remains a strong brand name in football.
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Noun
1. a new branch
(hypernym) sprout
(hyponym) sucker
(derivation) spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
2. the act of shooting at targets; "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer"
(hypernym) shooting, shot
(hyponym) skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting
Verb
1. hit with a missile from a weapon
(synonym) hit, pip
(hypernym) injure, wound
(hyponym) gun down
2. kill by firing a missile
(synonym) pip
(hypernym) kill
(hyponym) flight
(verb-group) hit, pip
(derivation) shot, shooter
3. fire a shot
(hypernym) fire, discharge
(hyponym) blaze away, blaze
(verb-group) hit, pip
(derivation) shot, shooter
4. make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie"
(synonym) film, take
(hypernym) record, enter, put down
(hyponym) reshoot
(verb-group) photograph, snap
(classification) movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick
5. send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance"
(hypernym) project, cast, contrive, throw
6. run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard"
(synonym) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
(hypernym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hyponym) plunge
(verb-group) tear, shoot down, charge, buck
7. move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office"
(synonym) tear, shoot down, charge, buck
(hypernym) rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along
(hyponym) rip
(see-also) shoot up
(verb-group) dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash
8. throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball"
(hypernym) hit
(hyponym) dunk
(derivation) shooter
9. record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President"
(synonym) photograph, snap
(hypernym) record, enter, put down
(hyponym) retake
(verb-group) film, take
(classification) photography, picture taking
10. emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth"
(hypernym) emit, give out, give off
11. cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg"
(hypernym) ache, smart, hurt
12. force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon"
(synonym) inject
(hypernym) insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
(verb-group) inject
13. variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth"
(hypernym) weave, interweave
14. throw dice, as in a crap game
(hypernym) throw
(derivation) shooter, crap-shooter
15. spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance"
(synonym) fritter, frivol away, dissipate, fritter away, fool, fool away
(hypernym) consume, squander, waste, ware
(entail) consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out
16. score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal"
(hypernym) score, hit, tally, rack up
(classification) sport, athletics
17. utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer"
(hypernym) utter, emit, let out, let loose
18. measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star"
(hypernym) measure, mensurate, measure out
19. produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted"
(synonym) spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
(hypernym) grow
(verb-group) germinate
20. give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein"
(synonym) inject
(hypernym) administer, dispense
(hyponym) infuse
(verb-group) inject
(classification) medicine, practice of medicine

(n.)
A rush of water; a rapid.
  

(n.)
A shoat; a young hog.
  

(n.)
A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
  

(n.)
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
  

(n.)
A young branch or growth.
  

(n.)
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.
  

(n.)
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
  

(v. i.)
To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
  

(v. i.)
To cause an engine or weapon to discharge a missile; -- said of a person or an agent; as, they shot at a target; he shoots better than he rides.
  

(v. i.)
To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
  

(v. i.)
To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
  

(v. i.)
To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; -- followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; -- often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
  

(v. i.)
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
  

(v. i.)
To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
  

(v. i.)
To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
  

(v. i.)
To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; -- followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.
  

(v. i.)
To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
  

(v. i.)
To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
  

(v. i.)
To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
  

(v. i.)
To plane straight; to fit by planing.
  

(v. i.)
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
  

(v. i.)
To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; -- often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
  

(v. i.)
To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
  

(v. i.)
To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; -- followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
  

(v. i.)
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
  

the taping or filming of a commercial, in a studio or on location.