SHOOT (3)

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