Shoot, vb. (impf. and partic. shot; but see Shotten, Shoulder-shotten and Nook-shotten) 1) tr. a) to let fly, to discharge, to dart; absol.: “he will s. no more,” Tp. IV, 100. LLL IV, 1, 11. IV, 2, 59. Shr. V, 2, 51. John V, 6, 1. H6C III, 1, 5. Tit. IV, 3, 70. Rom. II, 1, 13. Hml. V, 2, 414. “s. point-blank twelve score,” Wiv. III, 2, 34. “--ing well,” LLL IV, 1, 25. John I, 174. “must s. nearer,” LLL IV, 1, 136. “s. in each other's mouth,” John II, 414. “you have shot over,” H5 III, 7, 133. “to s. against the wind,” Tit. IV, 3, 57. With “at:” Sonn. 117, 12. Ado I, 1, 260. II, 1, 254. III, 2, 12. All's III, 2, 110. All's III, 2, 110 H6A I, 4, 3. With an object: “a fine volley of words, and quickly shot off,” Gent. II, 4, 34. “to s. an arrow,” Merch. I, 1, 141. Merch. I, 1, 141 As V, 4, 112. John II, 229. H5 III, 7, 132 “(a fool's bolt is soon shot).” Tit. IV, 3, 61. Rom. III, 3, 103. Hml. V, 2, 254. Mcb. II, 3, 147. Per. I, 1, 163. Accus. and at: “they join and s. their foam at Simois' banks,” Lucr. 1442. LLL III, 66. H6A IV, 7, 80. Cymb. IV, 2, 300. Acc. of the effect: “he shot a fine shoot,” H4B III, 2, 49. “thou hast shot off one of Taurus' horns,” Tit. IV, 3, 69.
Metaphorical use: “my revenges were high bent upon him and watched the time to s.” All's V, 3, 11. “to s. forth thunder upon these drudges,” H6B IV, 1, 104; cf. Lr. II, 4, 230. “what a mental power his eye --s forth,” Tim. I, 1, 32. “my good stars have shot their fires into the abysm of hell,” Ant. III, 13, 146.
b) to hit, strike or kill with any missile: “a mark marvellous well shot,” LLL IV, 1, 132. “shot, by heaven!” IV, 3, 23. “who was shot,” H5 III, 6, 77. “to s. me to the heart,” H6A I, 4, 56. “love's bow --s buck and doe,” Troil. III, 1, 127. “with sighs shot through,” Per. IV, 4, 26. cf. Grief-shot.
c) to send out, to push forth: “'tis one of those odd tricks which sorrow --s out of the mind,” Ant. IV, 2, 14.
2) intr. a) to move with velocity; used of falling stars: Ven. 815. Lucr. 1525. Mids. II, 1, 153. R2 II, 4, 19.
b) to germinate, to bud, to sprout: “the rarest argument of wonder that hath shot out in our latter times,” All's II, 3, 8.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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