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To shoot ahead
(gcide) | Shoot \Shoot\, v. i.
1. 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.
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The archers have . . . shot at him. --Gen. xlix.
23.
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2. To discharge a missile; -- said of an engine or
instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
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3. 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.
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There shot a streaming lamp along the sky. --Dryden.
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4. To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing
sensation; as, shooting pains.
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Thy words shoot through my heart. --Addison.
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5. To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
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These preachers make
His head to shoot and ache. --Herbert.
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6. To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
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Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth. --Bacon.
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But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful
plain. --Dryden.
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7. To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
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Well shot in years he seemed. --Spenser.
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Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,
To teach the young idea how to shoot. --Thomson.
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8. To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
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If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot
into crystals. --Bacon.
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9. To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land
shoots into a promontory.
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There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt,
straggling houses. --Dickens.
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10. (Naut.) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing
vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
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To shoot ahead, to pass or move quickly forward; to
outstrip others.
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