shoot

1. verb

1)

they shot him in the street

Syn:

gun down, mow down, hit, wound, injure; put a bullet in, pick off, bag, fell, kill; informal pot, blast, pump full of lead, plug

2)

they shot at the enemy

Syn:

fire, open fire, aim, snipe, let fly; bombard, shell

3)

faster than a gun can shoot bullets

Syn:

discharge, fire, launch, loose off, let fly, emit

4)

a car shot past

Syn:

race, speed, flash, dash, dart, rush, hurtle, careen, streak, whiz, go like lightning, go hell-bent for leather, zoom, charge; career, sweep, fly, wing; informal belt, scoot, scorch, tear, zip, whip, step on it, burn rubber, bomb, hightail it, barrel

5)

the plant failed to shoot

Syn:

sprout, bud, burgeon, germinate

6)

the film was shot in Toronto

Syn:

film, photograph, take, snap, capture, record, tape; videotape, video

2. noun

nip off the new shoots

Syn:

sprout, bud, offshoot, scion, sucker, spear, runner, tendril, sprig