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shoot

1. the first aerial part of a plant to develop from a germinating seed

2. any new growth of a plant, such as a bud, young branch, etc.

3. Chiefly Brit a meeting or party organized for hunting game with guns

4. an area or series of coverts and woods where game can be hunted with guns

5. a steep descent in a stream; rapid

6. Informal a photographic assignment

7. Geology mining a narrow workable vein of ore
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shoot [shüt]

(botany)

The aerial portion of a plant, including stem, branches, and leaves.

A new, immature growth on a plant.

(engineering)

To detonate an explosive, used to break coal loose from a seam or in blasting operation or in a borehole.

(geology)

ore shoot

(geophysics)

The energy that goes up through the strata from a seismic profiling shot and is reflected downward at the surface or at the base of the weathering; appears either as a single wave or unites with a wave train that is traveling downward. Also known as secondary reflection.

(hydrology)

A place where a stream flows or descends swiftly.

A natural or artificial channel, passage, or trough through which water is moved to a lower level.

A rush of water down a steep place or a rapids.

(ordnance)

To project a missile with force; to fire a weapon, as a gun or cannon; to strike or hit something with a missile.