To variegate as if by sprinkling or intermingling; to
color in spots or patches.

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.

To send out or forth, especially with a rapid or sudden
motion; to cast with the hand; to hurl; to discharge; to emit.

To pass rapidly through, over, or under; as, to shoot a
rapid or a bridge; to shoot a sand bar.

To push or thrust forward; to project; to protrude; –
often with out; as, a plant shoots out a bud.

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.

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.

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.

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.

To plane straight; to fit by planing.