Dictionary entry details
• SHOOT (noun)
Meaning:
A new branch
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("shoot" is a kind of...):
sprout (any new growth of a plant such as a new branch or a bud)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shoot"):
sucker (a shoot arising from a plant's roots)
tiller (a shoot that sprouts from the base of a grass)
Meaning:
The act of shooting at targets
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Context example:
they hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
Hypernyms ("shoot" is a kind of...):
shooting; shot (the act of firing a projectile)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "shoot"):
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)
• SHOOT (verb)
Meaning:
Hit with a missile from a weapon
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Synonyms:
shoot; pip; hit
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
injure; wound (cause injuries or bodily harm to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
kneecap (shoot in the kneecap, often done by terrorist groups as a warning)
grass (shoot down, of birds)
gun down (strike down or shoot down)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Kill by firing a missile
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
pip; shoot
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
kill (cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
flight (shoot a bird in flight)
pick off (shoot one by one)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to shoot the prisoners
Meaning:
Fire a shot
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
discharge; fire (cause to go off)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
blaze; blaze away (shoot rapidly and repeatedly)
overshoot (shoot beyond or over (a target))
sharpshoot; snipe (aim and shoot with great precision)
fire; open fire (start firing a weapon)
gun (shoot with a gun)
pump (deliver forth)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Make a film or photograph of something
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
film; shoot; take
Context examples:
take a scene / shoot a movie
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
Domain category:
film; flick; motion picture; motion-picture show; movie; moving picture; moving-picture show; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
reshoot (shoot again)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue shoot the movie
Meaning:
Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
shoot a glance
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
cast; contrive; project; throw (put or send forth)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Run or move very quickly or hastily
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
scud; scoot; dash; dart; flash; shoot
Context example:
She dashed into the yard
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed (step on it)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
plunge (dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Move quickly and violently
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
shoot down; buck; tear; charge; shoot
Context examples:
The car tore down the street / He came charging into my office
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
belt along; bucket along; cannonball along; hasten; hie; hotfoot; pelt along; race; rush; rush along; speed (step on it)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
rip (move precipitously or violently)
Sentence frames:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s PP
Also:
shoot up (rise dramatically)
Meaning:
Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context examples:
shoot craps / shoot a golf ball
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
hit (cause to move by striking)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
knuckle (shoot a marble while keeping one's knuckles on the ground)
bogey (to shoot in one stroke over par)
double bogey (to shoot two strokes over par)
double birdie (to shoot two strokes under par)
birdie (to shoot in one stroke under par)
carom (make a carom)
chip (play a chip shot)
break (make the opening shot that scatters the balls)
dunk (make a dunk shot, in basketball)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Record on photographic film
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
photograph; shoot; snap
Context examples:
I photographed the scene of the accident / She snapped a picture of the President
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
enter; put down; record (make a record of; set down in permanent form)
Domain category:
photography; picture taking (the act of taking and printing photographs)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
x-ray (take an x-ray of something or somebody)
retake (photograph again)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully
Classified under:
Verbs of raining, snowing, thawing, thundering
Context example:
The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
emit; give off; give out (give off, send forth, or discharge; as of light, heat, or radiation, vapor, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s something
Meaning:
Cause a sharp and sudden pain in
Classified under:
Verbs of seeing, hearing, feeling
Context example:
The pain shot up her leg
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
ache; hurt; smart (be the source of pain)
Sentence frame:
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
inject; shoot
Context example:
inject hydrogen into the balloon
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
enclose; inclose; insert; introduce; put in; stick in (introduce)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
Sentence examples:
They shoot the fruit with a chemical
They shoot a chemical into the fruit
Meaning:
Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
shoot cloth
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
interweave; weave (interlace by or as it by weaving)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Throw dice, as in a crap game
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
throw (throw (a die) out onto a flat surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Spend frivolously and unwisely
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
frivol away; fritter away; fritter; fool away; fool; dissipate; shoot
Context example:
Fritter away one's inheritance
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
consume; squander; ware; waste (spend extravagantly)
"Shoot" entails doing...:
consume; deplete; eat; eat up; exhaust; run through; use up; wipe out (use up (resources or materials))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Score
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Context examples:
shoot a basket / shoot a goal
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
hit; rack up; score; tally (gain points in a game)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Utter fast and forcefully
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Context example:
She shot back an answer
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Measure the altitude of by using a sextant
Classified under:
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting
Context example:
shoot a star
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
measure; measure out; mensurate (determine the measurements of something or somebody, take measurements of)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Produce buds, branches, or germinate
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
sprout; germinate; burgeon forth; bourgeon; spud; pullulate; shoot
Context example:
the potatoes sprouted
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
grow (increase in size by natural process)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Meaning:
Give an injection to
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
inject; shoot
Context example:
We injected the glucose into the patient's vein
Hypernyms (to "shoot" is one way to...):
administer; dispense (give or apply (medications))
Domain 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)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "shoot"):
infuse (introduce into the body through a vein, for therapeutic purposes)
immunise; immunize; inoculate; vaccinate (perform vaccinations or produce immunity in by inoculation)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody with something
