shoot
To launchTo launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).: To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile).
» Tom wants you to shoot Mary.
Том хочет, чтобы ты выстрелил в Мэри.
Том хоче, щоб ти застрелив Мері.
Meaning
41 sensesTo launch (forcefully project) (a projectile or similar object).
(transitive)To fire (a weapon that releases a bullet or other projectile).
to shoot a gun
schießen
стреля́тьstreljátʹ, вы́стрелитьvýstrelitʹ
стріля́тиstriljáty, вистрі́люватиvystríljuvaty, вистре́люватиvystréljuvaty
(transitive)To fire or launch (a projectile).
fire a shot; release
(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.
schießen
стреля́тьstreljátʹ, вы́стрелитьvýstrelitʹ
стріля́тиstriljáty, вистрі́люватиvystríljuvaty, вистре́люватиvystréljuvaty
(intransitive)To cause a weapon to discharge a projectile; to use a gun or similar weapon.
They shot at a target.
He shoots better than he rides.
(intransitive)To hunt game with a gun; to go hunting for recreation.
They're coming to shoot with us on Sunday.
(transitive)To hunt on (a piece of land) with a gun; to kill game in or on.
(intransitive)To function as a weapon that launches a projectile.
The gun shoots well.
hit with a missile from a weapon
(intransitive)To throw dice; to roll.
throw dice, as in a crap game
(slang, transitive)To ejaculate.
After a very short time, he shot his load over the carpet.
(colloquial, imperative, intransitive)To begin to speak.
"Can I ask you a question?" "Shoot."
(figuratively, transitive)To dismiss, reject, or do away with.
His idea was shot on sight.
To photograph or film:
(ambitransitive)To photograph.
He shot the couple in a variety of poses.
He shot seventeen stills.
make a film or photograph of something
Examples
776 sentencesTom wants you to shoot Mary.
Том хоче, щоб ти застрелив Мері.
ruТом хочет, чтобы ты выстрелил в Мэри.
Where did you learn to shoot?
Де ти навчився стріляти?
ruГде вы научились стрелять?
We had to shoot our horses.
Нам довелося застрелити наших коней.
Did Tom say anything about the shooting?
Том щось казав про перестрілку?
ruТом рассказал что-нибудь о перестрелке?
Tom saw the man shoot the driver.
Том бачив, як цей чоловік стріляв у водія.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 5
By meaning 2
Origin
Inherited from Middle English scheten, schoten, from Old English scēotan, from Proto-WestInherited from Middle English scheten, schoten, from Old English scēotan, from Proto-West Germanic *skeutan, from Proto-Germanic *skeutaną, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kéwd-e-ti, thematic present of *(s)kewd- (“to shoot, throw”).
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Forms
shoots, shooting, shot, shotPhrasal verbs
7 phrasal verbs- shoot offстріляти, вистрілитиTo leave quickly.
- shoot downзбити, збиватиTo cause to fall by shooting.
- shoot upTo grow taller or larger rapidly.
- shoot outTo destroy something or remove something from its usual location by shooting.
- shoot backUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see shoot, back.
- shoot aroundTo record footage in the absence of (one of the actors), with the intention of editing in their sequences at a later stage.
- shoot throughTo leave, to disappear.
Synonyms
10 synonymsWord family
48 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- going to shoot
- to shoot the
- have to shoot
- how to shoot
- tried to shoot
- shooting star
- want to shoot
- to shoot anybody
- shoot anybody
- to shoot anyone
- shoot anyone
- was shooting at