Spring vs. Shoot — What's the Difference?
Edited by Tayyaba Rehman — By Maham Liaqat — Updated on May 7, 2024
Spring is the season following winter or a source of water from the ground, while a shoot is a young plant growth or an act of shooting.
Difference Between Spring and Shoot
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Key Differences
Spring refers to both a season and a water source. As a season, it's the period after winter marked by warmer weather and blooming flowers. As a water source, it's an underground aquifer where groundwater naturally flows to the surface. Shoot, on the other hand, refers to new plant growth, such as young stems, buds, or leaves, emerging from seeds or the ground. In a different sense, it also means firing a projectile or taking a photo.
Spring as a season is a natural phase in the annual cycle, associated with renewal and growth. Shoots appear prominently in spring as new plant growth due to favorable conditions.
Spring as a water source can support entire ecosystems, providing nourishment to plant shoots and other life. Shoots represent the early growth stages of plants, benefiting from spring's mild temperatures and plentiful water.
While spring implies a season or origin of water, shoot specifically relates to young plant life and can have secondary meanings, such as taking photographs or firing a gun.
Comparison Chart
Meaning
Season or underground water source
New plant growth, firearm action, photography
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Nature
A phase or source
Early growth, action
Contexts
Seasonal change, water supply
Botany, photography, firearms
Seasonality
Seasonal, related to renewal
Present in all seasons, new plant growth
Multiple Meanings
Yes, season and water source
Yes, new growth and several actions
Compare with Definitions
Spring
Season between winter and summer, marked by blooming flowers and warming temperatures.
In spring, the cherry blossoms attract many tourists.
Shoot
To take photographs or film video footage.
The photographer arranged the models for the photo shoot.
Spring
Water source where groundwater naturally flows to the surface.
The hikers filled their bottles at the fresh mountain spring.
Shoot
New growth of a plant, such as a bud or stem.
The first shoots of the plants were visible after the rain.
Spring
To move or jump quickly.
The cat will spring into action if it hears the doorbell.
Shoot
To fire a projectile using a firearm or bow.
He aimed carefully before shooting at the target.
Spring
Elastic energy used in mechanisms.
A spring mechanism keeps the toy in motion.
Shoot
To move or extend quickly in a direction.
The basketball player shot across the court.
Spring
Originate from or develop.
Her idea sprang from years of travel and research.
Shoot
An event involving taking photos or video footage.
The magazine organized a fashion shoot in the park.
Spring
To move upward or forward in a single quick motion or a series of such motions; leap
The goat sprang over the log.
Shoot
In botany, a plant shoot consists of any plant stem together with its appendages, leaves and lateral buds, flowering stems, and flower buds. The new growth from seed germination that grows upward is a shoot where leaves will develop.
Spring
To move suddenly, especially because of being resilient or moved by a spring
I let the branch spring forward. The door sprang shut.
Shoot
Kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow
He was shot in the leg during an armed robbery
Troops shot dead 29 people
Spring
To start doing something suddenly
The firefighters sprang into action.
Shoot
Move or cause to move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction
The car shot forward
Ward's hand shot out, grabbing his arm
He would have fallen if Marc hadn't shot out a hand to stop him
Spring
To appear or come into being quickly
New businesses are springing up rapidly.
Shoot
(in soccer, hockey, basketball, etc.) kick, hit, or throw the ball or puck in an attempt to score a goal
Williams twice shot wide
He shot the ball straight at the goalkeeper
Spring
To issue or emerge suddenly
A cry sprang from her lips. A thought springs to mind.
Shoot
Film or photograph (a scene, film, etc.)
She has just been commissioned to shoot a video
Spring
To arise from a source; develop
Their frustration springs from a misunderstanding.
Shoot
(of a plant or seed) send out buds or shoots; germinate
Some years one or other plant fails to shoot
Spring
(intransitive) To burst forth.
Shoot
Inject oneself or another person with (a narcotic drug)
He shot dope into his arm
Spring
(of liquids) To gush, to flow suddenly and violently.
The boat sprang a leak and began to sink.
Shoot
Plane (the edge of a board) accurately
I shot the longer edge down on the planer
Spring
To gush, to flow out of the ground.
Shoot
A young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant
He nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems
Spring
(of light) To appear, to dawn.
Shoot
An occasion when a group of people hunt and shoot game for sport
A grouse shoot
Spring
(of plants) To sprout, to grow,
Shoot
An occasion when a professional photographer takes photographs or when a film or video is being made
A photo shoot
A fashion shoot
Spring
(now chiefly botanical) To grow taller or longer.
Shoot
Variant spelling of chute
Spring
To rise from cover.
Shoot
A rapid in a stream
Follow the portages that skirt all nine shoots of whitewater
Spring
(of landscape) To come dramatically into view.
Shoot
Used as a euphemism for ‘shit’
Shoot, it was a great day to be alive
Spring
(figurative) to arise, to come into existence.
Hope springs eternal.
He hit the gas and the car sprang to life.
Shoot
To hit, wound, or kill with a missile fired from a weapon.
Spring
To move with great speed and energy; to leap, to jump; to dart, to sprint; of people: to rise rapidly from a seat, bed, etc.
Deer spring with their hind legs, using their front hooves to steady themselves.
He sprang to his feet.
A bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.
Don't worry. She'll spring back to her cheerful old self in no time.
It was the first thing that sprang to mind.
She sprang to her husband's defense and clocked the protestor.
Shoot
To remove or destroy by firing or projecting a missile
Shot out the window.
Spring
(usually with from) To be born, descend, or originate from
He sprang from peasant stock.
Shoot
To make (a hole, for example) by firing a weapon.
Spring
To descend or originate from.
The Stoics sprang from the Cynics.
Shoot
To fire or let fly (a missile) from a weapon.
Spring
(obsolete) To rise in social position or military rank, to be promoted.
Shoot
To discharge (a weapon).
Spring
To become known, to spread.
Shoot
To detonate or cause to explode
Shot off a firecracker.
Spring
To emit, to spread.
Shoot
To inject (a drug, for example) with a hypodermic syringe.
Spring
To grow.
Shoot
To throw out or release (a fishing line, for example).
Spring
(transitive) To cause to burst forth.
Shoot
To send forth suddenly, intensely, or swiftly
The burning building shot sparks onto the adjacent roof. He shot an angry look at me.
Spring
To cause to well up or flow out of the ground.
Shoot
To emit (a ray or rays of light or another form of energy).
Spring
To bring forth.
Shoot
To utter (sounds or words) forcefully, rapidly, or suddenly
She shot a retort to the insult.
Spring
To cause to become known, to tell of.
Shoot
(Slang) To give, send, or hand quickly
Shoot me that stapler.
Spring
To cause to move energetically; (equestrianism) to cause to gallop, to spur.
Shoot
(Informal) To spend, use up, or waste
They shot their savings on a new boat.
Spring
To cause to rise from cover.
His dogs sprang the grouse and partridges and flushed the woodcock.
Shoot
To pass over or through swiftly
Shooting the rapids.
Spring
To shift quickly from one designated position to another.
Shoot
To cover (country) in hunting for game.
Spring
To breed with, to impregnate.
Shoot
To record on film or video using a movie camera
Shot the scene in one take.
Spring
(of mechanisms) To cause to work or open by sudden application of pressure.
He sprang the trap.
Shoot
To cause to project or protrude; extend
Shot out her arm to prevent the bottle from falling.
Spring
To make wet, to moisten.
Shoot
To begin to grow or produce; put forth.
Spring
To rise suddenly, (of tears) to well up.
The documentary made tears spring to their eyes.
Shoot
To pour, empty out, or discharge down or as if down a chute
Shot gravel into the hole.
Spring
To burst into pieces, to explode, to shatter.
Shoot
To throw or propel (a ball, marble, or other projectile in a game) in a specific direction or toward the objective.
Spring
To go off.
Shoot
To accomplish (the objective) of a game involving a projectile; score (a point, basket, or goal).
Spring
To cause to explode, to set off, to detonate.
Shoot
To play (a game involving projectiles, such as golf or pool).
Spring
To crack.
Shoot
To attain (a given score) in golf.
Spring
To have something crack.
Shoot
To play (a game involving dice, especially craps).
Spring
To cause to crack.
Shoot
To throw (the dice or a given score) in craps.
Spring
To surprise by sudden or deft action.
Shoot
To slide (the bolt of a lock) into or out of its fastening.
Spring
To come upon and flush out
Shoot
To plane (the edge of a board) straight.
Spring
To catch in an illegal act or compromising position.
Shoot
To variegate (colored cloth) by interweaving weft threads of a different color.
Spring
(obsolete) To begin something.
Shoot
To discharge a missile from a weapon.
Spring
(obsolete) To produce, provide, or place an item unexpectedly.
Shoot
To discharge or fire; go off.
Spring
To put bad money into circulation.
Shoot
To gush or spurt
Water shot out of the geyser.
Spring
To tell, to share.
Shoot
To appear suddenly
The sun shot through a break in the clouds.
Spring
(of news, surprises) To announce unexpectedly, to reveal.
Sorry to spring it on you like this but I've been offered another job.
Shoot
To move swiftly; dart.
Spring
To free from imprisonment, especially by facilitating an illegal escape.
His lieutenants hired a team of miners to help spring him.
Shoot
To be felt moving or as if moving in the body
Pain shot through my lower leg.
Spring
To be free of imprisonment, especially by illegal escape.
Shoot
To protrude; project
The headland shoots far out into the sea.
Spring
To build, to form the initial curve of.
They sprung an arch over the lintel.
Shoot
To engage in hunting or the firing of weapons, especially for sport
Is shooting in Scotland during the fall.
Spring
To extend, to curve.
The arches spring from the front posts.
Shoot
To put forth new growth; germinate.
Spring
To turn a vessel using a spring attached to its anchor cable.
Shoot
To take pictures.
Spring
To raise a vessel's sheer.
Shoot
To film a scene in a movie.
Spring
To raise a last's toe.
Shoot
Sports & Games To propel a ball or other object toward the goal or in a specific direction or manner.
Spring
(transitive) To pay or spend a certain sum, to cough up.
Shoot
(Games) To throw dice.
Spring
To raise an offered price.
Shoot
(Slang) To begin talking. Often used in the imperative
I know you have something to tell me, so shoot!.
Spring
To act as a spring: to strongly rebound.
Shoot
To slide into or out of a fastening. Used of the bolt of a lock.
Spring
To equip with springs, especially to equip with a suspension.
Shoot
The motion or movement of something that is propelled, driven, or discharged.
Spring
To provide spring or elasticity
Shoot
The young growth arising from a germinating seed; a sprout.
Spring
To inspire, to motivate.
Shoot
A young leaf, flower, or other new growth on a plant.
Spring
(ambitransitive) To deform owing to excessive pressure, to become warped; to intentionally deform in order to position and then straighten in place.
A piece of timber sometimes springs in seasoning.
He sprang in the slat.
Shoot
The aboveground part of a vascular plant.
Spring
To reach maturity, to be fully grown.
Shoot
A narrow, swift, or turbulent section of a stream.
Spring
To swell with milk or pregnancy.
Shoot
The act of discharging a weapon or letting fly a missile.
Spring
To sound, to play.
Shoot
(Informal) The launching of a rocket or similar missile.
Spring
(intransitive) To spend the springtime somewhere
Shoot
An organized shooting activity, such as a skeet tournament or hunt.
Spring
(of animals) to find or get enough food during springtime.
Shoot
A round of shots in a contest with firearms.
Spring
(countable) An act of springing: a leap, a jump.
Shoot
A session in which something is photographed, filmed, or videotaped.
Spring
(countable) The season of the year in temperate regions in which plants spring from the ground and into bloom and dormant animals spring to life.
Spring is the time of the year most species reproduce.
You can visit me in the spring, when the weather is bearable.
Shoot
The distance a shot travels; the range.
Spring
(astronomy) The period from the moment of vernal equinox (around March 21 in the Northern Hemisphere) to the moment of the summer solstice (around June 21); the equivalent periods reckoned in other cultures and calendars.
Spring Festival" throughout East Asia because it is reckoned as the beginning of their spring.
Shoot
A sharp twinge or spasm of pain.
Spring
(meteorology) The three months of March, April, and May in the Northern Hemisphere and September, October, and November in the Southern Hemisphere.
I spent my spring holidays in Morocco.
The spring issue will be out next week.
Shoot
An inclined channel for moving something; a chute.
Spring
The time of something's growth; the early stages of some process.
Shoot
A body of ore in a vein.
Spring
A period of political liberalization and democratization
Arab Spring
Shoot
Used to express surprise, mild annoyance, or disappointment.
Spring
Someone with ivory or peach skin tone and eyes and hair that are not extremely dark, seen as best suited to certain colors of clothing.
Shoot
To launch a projectile.
Spring
(countable) Something which springs, springs forth, springs up, or springs back, particularly
Shoot
(transitive) To fire (a weapon that releases a projectile).
To shoot a gun
Spring
(geology) A spray or body of water springing from the ground.
This beer was brewed with pure spring water.
Shoot
(transitive) To fire (a projectile).
Spring
The rising of the sea at high tide.
Shoot
(transitive) To fire a projectile at (a person or target).
The man, in a desperate bid for freedom, grabbed his gun and started shooting anyone he could.
The hunter shot the deer to harvest its meat.
Spring
(oceanography) nodot=a, the especially high tide shortly after full and new moons.
Neap tide
Shoot
(intransitive) To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile.
They shot at a target.
He shoots better than he rides.
Spring
A mechanical device made of flexible or coiled material that exerts force and attempts to spring back when bent, compressed, or stretched.
We jumped so hard the bed springs broke.
Shoot
(intransitive) To hunt birds, etc. with a gun.
They're coming to shoot with us on Sunday.
Spring
(nautical) A line from a vessel's end or side to its anchor cable used to diminish or control its movement.
Shoot
(transitive) To hunt on (a piece of land); to kill game in or on.
Spring
(nautical) A line laid out from a vessel's end to the opposite end of an adjacent vessel or mooring to diminish or control its movement.
You should put a couple of springs onto the jetty to stop the boat moving so much.
Shoot
(gambling) To throw dice.
Spring
(figurative) A race, a lineage.
Shoot
To ejaculate.
After a very short time, he shot his load over the carpet.
Spring
(figurative) A youth.
Shoot
To begin to speak.
"Can I ask you a question?"
Spring
A shoot, a young tree.
Shoot
(intransitive) To discharge a missile; said of a weapon.
The gun shoots well.
Spring
A grove of trees; a forest.
Shoot
To dismiss or do away with.
His idea was shot on sight.
Spring
An erection of the penis. en
Shoot
To photograph.
He shot the couple in a variety of poses.
He shot seventeen stills.
Spring
A crack which has sprung up in a mast, spar, or (rare) a plank or seam.
Shoot
To film.
The film was mostly shot in France.
Spring
(uncountable) Springiness: an attribute or quality of springing, springing up, or springing back, particularly
Shoot
(transitive) To push or thrust a bolt quickly; hence, to open a lock.
Spring
Elasticity: the property of a body springing back to its original form after compression, stretching, etc.
The spring of a bow
Shoot
To move or act quickly or suddenly.
Spring
Elastic energy, power, or force.
Shoot
(intransitive) To move very quickly and suddenly.
After an initial lag, the experimental group's scores shot past the control group's scores in the fourth week.
Spring
(countable) The source from which an action or supply of something springs.
Shoot
To go over or pass quickly through.
Shoot the rapids
Spring
(countable) Something which causes others or another to spring forth or spring into action, particularly
Shoot
(transitive) To tip (something, especially coal) down a chute.
Spring
A cause, a motive, etc.
Shoot
(transitive) To penetrate, like a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation.
A shooting pain in my leg
Spring
(obsolete) A lively piece of music.
Shoot
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
Spring
To leap; to bound; to jump.
The mountain stag that springsFrom height to height, and bounds along the plains.
Shoot
(obsolete) To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
Spring
To issue with speed and violence; to move with activity; to dart; to shoot.
And sudden lightSprung through the vaulted roof.
Shoot
To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
Spring
To start or rise suddenly, as from a covert.
Watchful as fowlers when their game will spring.
Shoot
To send to someone.
I'll shoot you an email with all the details
Spring
To fly back; as, a bow, when bent, springs back by its elastic power.
Shoot
(sport) To act or achieve.
Spring
To bend from a straight direction or plane surface; to become warped; as, a piece of timber, or a plank, sometimes springs in seasoning.
Shoot
(wrestling) To lunge.
Spring
To shoot up, out, or forth; to come to the light; to begin to appear; to emerge; as a plant from its seed, as streams from their source, and the like; - often followed by up, forth, or out.
Till well nigh the day began to spring.
To satisfy the desolate and waste ground, and to cause the bud of the tender herb to spring forth.
Do not blast my springing hopes.
O, spring to light; auspicious Babe, be born.
Shoot
(professional wrestling) To deviate from kayfabe, either intentionally or accidentally; to actually connect with unchoreographed fighting blows and maneuvers, or speak one's mind (instead of an agreed script).
Spring
To issue or proceed, as from a parent or ancestor; to result, as from a cause, motive, reason, or principle.
[They found] new hope to springOut of despair, joy, but with fear yet linked.
Shoot
To make the stated score.
In my round of golf yesterday I shot a 76.
Spring
To grow; to thrive; to prosper.
What makes all this, but Jupiter the king,At whose command we perish, and we spring?
Shoot
(surveying) To measure the distance and direction to (a point).
Spring
To cause to spring up; to start or rouse, as game; to cause to rise from the earth, or from a covert; as, to spring a pheasant.
Shoot
To inject a drug (such as heroin) intravenously.
Spring
To produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly; as, to spring a surprise on someone; to spring a joke.
She starts, and leaves her bed, and springs a light.
The friends to the cause sprang a new project.
Shoot
To develop, move forward.
Spring
To cause to explode; as, to spring a mine.
Shoot
To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
Spring
To crack or split; to bend or strain so as to weaken; as, to spring a mast or a yard.
Shoot
To grow; to advance.
To shoot up rapidly
Spring
To cause to close suddenly, as the parts of a trap operated by a spring; as, to spring a trap.
Shoot
(nautical) To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
Spring
To bend by force, as something stiff or strong; to force or put by bending, as a beam into its sockets, and allowing it to straighten when in place; - often with in, out, etc.; as, to spring in a slat or a bar.
Shoot
(transitive) To travel or ride on (breaking waves) rowards the shore.
Spring
To pass over by leaping; as, to spring a fence.
Shoot
To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; often with out.
A plant shoots out a bud.
Spring
To release (a person) from confinement, especially from a prison.
Shoot
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend.
The land shoots into a promontory.
Spring
A leap; a bound; a jump.
The prisoner, with a spring, from prison broke.
Shoot
(carpentry) To plane straight; to fit by planing.
Spring
A flying back; the resilience of a body recovering its former state by its elasticity; as, the spring of a bow.
Shoot
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.W
Spring
Elastic power or force.
Heavens! what a spring was in his arm!
Shoot
(card games) To shoot the moon.
Spring
An elastic body of any kind, as steel, India rubber, tough wood, or compressed air, used for various mechanical purposes, as receiving and imparting power, diminishing concussion, regulating motion, measuring weight or other force.
Shoot
(aviation) To carry out, or attempt to carry out (an approach to an airport runway).
He tried to shoot the visual approach to runway 12, but the visibility was too low.
Spring
Any source of supply; especially, the source from which a stream proceeds; an issue of water from the earth; a natural fountain.
Shoot
To carry out a seismic survey with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
Spring
Any active power; that by which action, or motion, is produced or propagated; cause; origin; motive.
Our author shuns by vulgar springs to moveThe hero's glory, or the virgin's love.
Shoot
The emerging stem and embryonic leaves of a new plant.
Spring
That which springs, or is originated, from a source;
Shoot
A photography session.
Spring
That which causes one to spring; specifically, a lively tune.
Shoot
A hunt or shooting competition.
Spring
The season of the year when plants begin to vegetate and grow; the vernal season, usually comprehending the months of March, April, and May, in the middle latitudes north of the equator.
Shoot
An event that is unscripted or legitimate.
Spring
The time of growth and progress; early portion; first stage; as, the spring of life.
O how this spring of love resemblethThe uncertain glory of an April day.
Shoot
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot.
Spring
A crack or fissure in a mast or yard, running obliquely or transversely.
Shoot
A rush of water; a rapid.
Spring
The season of growth;
The emerging buds were a sure sign of spring
He will hold office until the spring of next year
Shoot
(weaving) A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
Spring
A natural flow of ground water
Shoot
A shoat; a young pig.
Spring
A metal elastic device that returns to its shape or position when pushed or pulled or pressed;
The spring was broken
Shoot
(mining) A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Spring
A light springing movement upwards or forwards
Shoot
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, ore, etc., are caused to slide; a chute.
Spring
The elasticity of something that can be stretched and returns to its original length
Shoot
(card games) The act of taking all point cards in one hand.
Spring
A point at which water issues forth
Shoot
A seismic survey carried out with geophones in an attempt to detect oil.
Spring
Move forward by leaps and bounds;
The horse bounded across the meadow
The child leapt across the puddle
Can you jump over the fence?
Shoot
A mild expletive, expressing disbelief or disdain
Didn't you have a concert tonight? —Shoot! I forgot! I have to go and get ready…
Spring
Develop into a distinctive entity;
Our plans began to take shape
Shoot
An inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal, etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the stream, so as to shorten the course.
Spring
Spring back; spring away from an impact;
The rubber ball bounced
These particles do not resile but they unite after they collide
Shoot
The act of shooting; the discharge of a missile; a shot; as, the shoot of a shuttle.
The Turkish bow giveth a very forcible shoot.
One underneath his horse to get a shoot doth stalk.
Spring
Produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;
He sprang a new haircut on his wife
Shoot
A young branch or growth.
Superfluous branches and shoots of this second spring.
Spring
Develop suddenly;
The tire sprang a leak
Shoot
A rush of water; a rapid.
Spring
Produce or disclose suddenly or unexpectedly;
He sprang these news on me just as I was leaving
Shoot
A vein of ore running in the same general direction as the lode.
Shoot
A weft thread shot through the shed by the shuttle; a pick.
Shoot
A shoat; a young hog.
Shoot
To let fly, or cause to be driven, with force, as an arrow or a bullet; - followed by a word denoting the missile, as an object.
If you pleaseTo shoot an arrow that self way.
Shoot
To discharge, causing a missile to be driven forth; - followed by a word denoting the weapon or instrument, as an object; - often with off; as, to shoot a gun.
The two ends od a bow, shot off, fly from one another.
Shoot
To strike with anything shot; to hit with a missile; often, to kill or wound with a firearm; - followed by a word denoting the person or thing hit, as an object.
When Roger shot the hawk hovering over his master's dove house.
Shoot
To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.
An honest weaver as ever shot shuttle.
A pit into which the dead carts had nightly shot corpses by scores.
Shoot
To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; - often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head.
Beware the secret snake that shoots a sting.
Shoot
To plane straight; to fit by planing.
Two pieces of wood that are shot, that is, planed or else pared with a paring chisel.
Shoot
To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.
She . . . shoots the Stygian sound.
Shoot
To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to color in spots or patches.
The tangled water courses slept,Shot over with purple, and green, and yellow.
Shoot
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.
The archers have . . . shot at him.
Shoot
To discharge a missile; - said of an engine or instrument; as, the gun shoots well.
Shoot
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.
There shot a streaming lamp along the sky.
Shoot
To penetrate, as a missile; to dart with a piercing sensation; as, shooting pains.
Thy words shoot through my heart.
Shoot
To feel a quick, darting pain; to throb in pain.
These preachers makeHis head to shoot and ache.
Shoot
To germinate; to bud; to sprout.
Onions, as they hang, will shoot forth.
But the wild olive shoots, and shades the ungrateful plain.
Shoot
To grow; to advance; as, to shoot up rapidly.
Well shot in years he seemed.
Delightful task! to rear the tender thought,To teach the young idea how to shoot.
Shoot
To change form suddenly; especially, to solidify.
If the menstruum be overcharged, metals will shoot into crystals.
Shoot
To protrude; to jut; to project; to extend; as, the land shoots into a promontory.
There shot up against the dark sky, tall, gaunt, straggling houses.
Shoot
To move ahead by force of momentum, as a sailing vessel when the helm is put hard alee.
Shoot
A new branch
Shoot
The act of shooting at targets;
They hold a shoot every weekend during the summer
Shoot
Hit with a missile from a weapon
Shoot
Kill by firing a missile
Shoot
Fire a shot
Shoot
Make a film or photograph of something;
Take a scene
Shoot a movie
Shoot
Send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly;
Shoot a glance
Shoot
Run or move very quickly or hastily;
She dashed into the yard
Shoot
Move quickly and violently;
The car tore down the street
He came charging into my office
Shoot
Throw or propel in a specific direction or towards a specific objective;
Shoot craps
Shoot a golf ball
Shoot
Record on photographic film;
I photographed the scene of the accident
She snapped a picture of the President
Shoot
Emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully;
The dragon shot fumes and flames out of its mouth
Shoot
Cause a sharp and sudden pain in;
The pain shot up her leg
Shoot
Force or drive (a fluid or gas) into by piercing;
Inject hydrogen into the balloon
Shoot
Variegate by interweaving weft threads of different colors;
Shoot cloth
Shoot
Throw dice, as in a crap game
Shoot
Spend frivolously and unwisely;
Fritter away one's inheritance
Shoot
Score;
Shoot a basket
Shoot a goal
Shoot
Utter fast and forcefully;
She shot back an answer
Shoot
Produce buds, branches, or germinate;
The potatoes sprouted
Common Curiosities
Is spring specific to one hemisphere?
No, spring occurs in both hemispheres, just at different times.
Can spring refer to movement?
Yes, spring can describe a quick jump or movement.
Can shoot be used outside of botany?
Yes, shoot also means to fire a gun or take a photograph.
What is a shoot in botany?
In botany, a shoot is the new growth of a plant, like a young stem or bud.
What does spring mean?
Spring refers to the season following winter or a natural water source flowing from underground.
Is spring only tied to plants?
No, spring is also linked to seasonal change, water sources, and movement.
Are springs found globally?
Yes, natural springs can be found worldwide, varying in size and temperature.
Does shoot only refer to firearm use?
No, shoot can also mean taking photographs or videos.
Is spring synonymous with rebirth?
Yes, spring is metaphorically linked with renewal, growth, and new beginnings.
Is shoot only used in photography?
No, shoot can also refer to launching projectiles, moving quickly, or plant growth.
Are shoots the same as branches?
No, shoots are younger growth stages, while branches are mature.
Can springs provide clean water?
Yes, many springs provide naturally filtered drinking water.
Do all plants produce shoots?
Most plants produce shoots as part of their natural growth cycle.
Are photo shoots strictly planned events?
Not always; photo shoots can range from casual to carefully staged sessions.
Do all plants have spring shoots?
Not necessarily, but many plants exhibit new growth in the spring season.
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