| VERB | competition | shoot, hit, pip | hit with a missile from a weapon |
|---|---|---|---|
| social | shoot, pip | kill by firing a missile | |
| competition | shoot, blast | fire a shot | |
| communication | shoot, film, take | make a film or photograph of something | |
| motion | shoot | send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly | |
| motion | shoot, dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash | run or move very quickly or hastily | |
| motion | shoot, tear, shoot down, charge, buck | move quickly and violently | |
| contact | shoot | throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective | |
| communication | shoot, photograph, snap | record on photographic film | |
| weather | shoot | emit / emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully | |
| perception | shoot | cause a sharp and sudden pain in | |
| contact | shoot, inject | force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing | |
| contact | shoot | variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors | |
| contact | shoot | throw dice, as in a crap game | |
| consumption | shoot, fritter, frivol away, dissipate, fritter away, fool, fool away | spend frivolously and unwisely | |
| competition | shoot | score | |
| communication | shoot | utter fast and forcefully | |
| cognition | shoot | measure the altitude of by using a sextant | |
| change | shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout | produce buds, branches, or germinate | |
| body | shoot, inject | give an injection to | |
| NOUN | plant | shoot | a new branch |
| act | shoot | the act of shooting at targets |
| Sounds | shuw't | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | absolute ... uproot: 83 rhymes with uwt... | |
| Meaning | A new branch. | |
|---|---|---|
| Narrower | sucker | A shoot arising from a plant's roots |
| tiller | A shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass | |
| Broader | sprout | Any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud |
| Spanish | brote, retoño, vástago | |
| Verbs | shoot | produce buds, branches, or germinate |
| Meaning | The act of shooting at targets. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer" | |
| Narrower | skeet, skeet shooting, trapshooting | The sport of shooting at clay pigeons that are hurled upward in such a way as to simulate the flight of a bird |
| Broader | shooting, shot | The act of firing a projectile |
| Verbs | shoot | fire a shot |
| shoot | hit with a missile from a weapon | |
| Meaning | hit with a missile from a weapon. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | hit, pip | |
| Entailed by | machine gun | Shoot with a machine gun |
| Narrower | grass | shoot down, of birds |
| gun down | strike down or shoot down | |
| kneecap | shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning | |
| Broader | injure, wound | Cause injuries or bodily harm to |
| Similar to | blast, shoot | Fire a shot |
| shoot, pip | kill by firing a missile | |
| strike, hit | make a strategic, offensive, assault against an enemy, opponent, or a target | |
| Spanish | acertar, derribar, disparar, pegar | |
| Catalan | disparar, ferir, pegar | |
| Nouns | shoot | the act of shooting at targets |
| shooter | a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot / shoot / shoot) | |
| Meaning | kill by firing a missile. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to shoot the prisoners | |
| Synonym | pip | |
| Narrower | flight | Shoot a bird in flight |
| pick off | Shoot one by one | |
| Broader | kill | Cause to die |
| Similar to | shoot, hit, pip | hit with a missile from a weapon |
| Spanish | disparar | |
| Catalan | disparar | |
| Nouns | shooter | a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot / shoot / shoot) |
| shooter | a professional killer who uses a gun | |
| shooting | killing someone by gunfire | |
| Meaning | Fire a shot. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonym | blast | |
| Entailed by | undershoot | Shoot short of or below (a target) |
| Narrower | blaze away, blaze | Shoot rapidly and repeatedly |
| gun | Shoot with a gun | |
| open fire, fire | start firing a weapon | |
| overshoot | Shoot beyond or over (a target) | |
| pump | deliver forth | |
| sharpshoot, snipe | aim and shoot with great precision | |
| Broader | fire, discharge | Cause to go off |
| Similar to | shoot, hit, pip | hit with a missile from a weapon |
| Spanish | disparar, tirar | |
| Catalan | disparar, ferir, tirar | |
| Nouns | shoot | the act of shooting at targets |
| shooter | a person who shoots (usually with respect to their ability to shoot / shoot / shoot) | |
| shooting | the act of firing a projectile | |
| Meaning | make a film or photograph of something. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Model | Sam and Sue shoot the movie | |
| Example | "shoot a movie" | |
| Synonyms | film, take | |
| Category | movie, film, picture, moving picture, moving-picture show, motion picture, motion-picture show, picture show, pic, flick | A form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement |
| Narrower | reshoot | shoot again |
| Broader | record, enter, put down | make a record of |
| Similar to | photograph, snap, shoot | record on photographic film |
| Spanish | filmar, rodar | |
| Catalan | filmar, rodar | |
| Meaning | Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "shoot a glance" | |
| Broader | project, cast, contrive, throw | put or send forth |
| Spanish | disparar | |
| Meaning | Run or move very quickly or hastily. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash | |
| Narrower | plunge | dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity |
| Broader | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | Move fast |
| Similar to | tear, shoot, shoot down, charge, buck | Move quickly and violently |
| Spanish | disparar, echarse | |
| Catalan | apressar-se, disparar, llançar-se, precipitar-se | |
| Meaning | Move quickly and violently. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Synonyms | tear, shoot down, charge, buck | |
| Narrower | rip | Move precipitously or violently |
| Broader | rush, hotfoot, hasten, hie, speed, race, pelt along, rush along, cannonball along, bucket along, belt along, step on it | Move fast |
| See also | shoot up | rise dramatically |
| Similar to | dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash, shoot | Run or move very quickly or hastily |
| Spanish | arrancar, arremeter, cargar, despedir, disparar, sacudirse | |
| Meaning | Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
| |
| Narrower | birdie | Shoot in one stroke under par |
| bogey | To shoot in one stroke over par | |
| break | make the opening shot that scatters the balls | |
| carom | make a carom | |
| chip | Play a chip shot | |
| double bogey | To shoot two strokes over par | |
| dunk | make a dunk shot, in basketball | |
| eagle, double birdie | Shoot two strokes under par | |
| knuckle | Shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground | |
| Broader | hit | Cause to move by striking |
| Spanish | lanzar, tirar | |
| Catalan | llançar, llençar, tirar | |
| Nouns | shooter | a large marble used for shooting in the game / game of marbles |
| shooter | (sports) a player who drives or kicks a ball at the goal (or a basketball player who shoots at the basket) | |
| Meaning | record on photographic film. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | photograph, snap | |
| Category | photography, picture taking | The act of taking and printing photographs |
| Narrower | retake | photograph again |
| x-ray | Take an x-ray of something or somebody | |
| Broader | record, enter, put down | make a record of |
| Similar to | film, shoot, take | make a film or photograph of something |
| Spanish | fotografiar | |
| Catalan | fotografiar | |
| Meaning | emit / emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s something | |
| Broader | emit, give out, give off | give off, send forth, or discharge |
| Spanish | arrojar | |
| Catalan | treure | |
| Meaning | Cause a sharp and sudden pain in. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something is ----ing PP | |
| Broader | ache, smart, hurt | Be the source of pain |
| Spanish | punzar | |
| Meaning | Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
| Model | They shoot the fruit with a chemical; They shoot a chemical into the fruit | |
| Synonym | inject | |
| Broader | insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce | introduce |
| Similar to | inject, shoot | Give an injection to |
| Meaning | variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "shoot cloth" | |
| Broader | weave, interweave | Interlace by or as if by weaving |
| Meaning | Throw dice, as in a crap game. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Broader | throw | Throw (a die) out onto a flat surface |
| Nouns | shooter | a gambler who throws dice in the game / game of craps |
| Meaning | spend frivolously and unwisely. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | fritter, frivol away, dissipate, fritter away, fool, fool away | |
| Entails | consume, eat up, use up, eat, deplete, exhaust, run through, wipe out | use up (resources or materials) |
| Broader | consume, squander, waste, ware | spend extravagantly |
| Spanish | derrochar, dilapidar, disipar, disparar, malgastar, prodigar | |
| Catalan | disparar, dissipar, malgastar | |
| Meaning | score. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Examples |
| |
| Category | sport, athletics | An active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition |
| Broader | score, hit, tally, rack up | gain points in a game / game / game |
| Spanish | disparar, marcar | |
| Meaning | Utter fast and forcefully. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | utter, emit, let out, let loose | Express audibly |
| Meaning | Measure the altitude of by using a sextant. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "shoot a star" | |
| Broader | measure, mensurate, measure out | Determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of |
| Spanish | disparar | |
| Meaning | produce buds, branches, or germinate. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout | |
| Broader | grow | increase in size by natural process |
| Similar to | germinate | Cause to grow or sprout |
| Spanish | brotar, germinar, nacer, pulular | |
| Catalan | apuntar, brollar, brostar, brotar, créixer, germinar, grillar, nàixer, néixer, rebrollar, rebrostar, rebrotar, rellucar, treure | |
| Nouns | shoot | a new branch |
| Meaning | Give an injection to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s somebody with something | |
| Synonym | inject | |
| Category | medicine, practice of medicine | The learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries |
| Narrower | immunize, immunise, inoculate, vaccinate | Perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation |
| infuse | introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes | |
| Broader | administer, dispense | Give or apply (medications) |
| Similar to | inject, shoot | Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing |
| Spanish | dar una inyección, introducir, inyectar | |
| Catalan | injectar, introduir | |
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