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According to WordNet, the verb "shoot" has 20 sense(s).

202768259 emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully; "The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth".

201597286 throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective; "shoot craps"; "shoot a golf ball".

201003249 record on photographic film; "I photographed the scene of the accident"; "She snapped a picture of the President".

201002740 make a film or photograph of something; "take a scene"; "shoot a movie".

201137138 hit with a missile from a weapon.

201585523 force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing; "inject hydrogen into the balloon".

202061495 run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the yard".

200985219 utter fast and forcefully; "She shot back an answer".

201134781 fire a shot; "the gunman blasted away".

200357332 produce buds, branches, or germinate; "the potatoes sprouted".

201195804 spend frivolously and unwisely; "Fritter away one's inheritance".

201437144 throw dice, as in a crap game.

201084466 score; "shoot a basket"; "shoot a goal".

201519184 variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors; "shoot cloth".

200086320 give an injection to; "We injected the glucose into the patient's vein".

202055267 move quickly and violently; "The car tore down the street"; "He came charging into my office".

202484570 kill by firing a missile.

202123175 cause a sharp and sudden pain in; "The pain shot up her leg".

200647508 measure the altitude of by using a sextant; "shoot a star".

202096047 send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly; "shoot a glance".


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