🔫 To fire a weapon 📷 To take a picture 💨 To move quickly ⚽ To kick or throw 🎯 A shooting event 💸 To waste money 🌱 A young plant 🌱 To start growing 🎲 To throw dice 🌟 To measure stars 🧵 To weave colors

shoot

31 3.0

A new branch or stem that grows from a plant

noun
/ʃuːt/

: brote

The trees are sending out new shoots, the animals are multiplying, the plants are blooming...
tender shoots
young shoots
emerging shoots

I'm a fungus in a soil spending out long kind of shoots into whatever it may be, mycelium.

Examples

All the family members, including the young shoots, were already in various stages of unfolding.

Academic text (1996)
And those side shoots are then going to grow this year.
Not to mention these shoots, the top tender shoots here.
But Sarah thought she could see a few shoots, small and green, sprouting from it.

Fiction book (1996)
Pick a large bag of tender nettle shoots in April or early May.

Academic text (1992)
Yep, there's several little shoots of corn coming up.
Wearing work gloves, pick the leaves and shoots of the nettles and discard the stalks.

Academic text (1992)
My father's grave was planted with tiny shoots of evergreen, but it lacked a headstone.

Fiction book (2000)
The gardener was thrilled to see new shoots emerging from the rose bushes after the winter.
In spring, the shoots of the tulips broke through the ground, promising a colorful display.

Synonyms

sprout

vsshoot

62 1.8

A young shoot on a plant that grows from a seed

is broader and also includes growth arising from the main plant

sobole

vsshoot

Archaic

9.9

A small shoot that grows from the base of a plant and can form a new stem

is more general and not limited to growth that begins at the base

outshoot

vsshoot

Specialized

6.2

A new branch that grows from the main stem of a plant

is any new growth that can start elsewhere instead of only from the main stem

Antonyms

to die

∞ 1.0

To stop living and no longer be alive

to wither

91 4.4

To become dry and weak, as with plants or feelings

Idioms

to shoot oneself in the foot

Informal

20 8.4

Do or say something that harms your own chances

to shoot the breeze

Informal

9 6.8

To chat in a relaxed informal way about unimportant things

to shoot from the hip

Informal

6 8.1

To speak or act quickly without thinking carefully

to shoot the messenger

3 7.8

Blame or punish the person who brings bad news instead of fixing the problem

to shoot first and ask questions later

Informal

3 8.4

Act quickly without thinking or checking facts

to shoot for the stars

Informal

2 4.7

Try to reach a very high and difficult goal

to shoot the bull

2 8.1

To chat in a relaxed way about everyday things

to shoot from the lip

Informal

1 8.9

To speak quickly without thinking and risk upsetting people

to shoot yourself in the foot

Informal

1 7.5

Cause trouble for yourself by your actions, often by accident

to shoot off at the mouth

Informal

1 9.4

Say things quickly without thinking that may hurt people or make you sorry later

to shoot your bolt

Informal

1 8.6

To use up all your energy or chances so none remain

to shoot one's bolt

Informal

8.8

To use up all your energy or chances

to shoot one's load

Offensive

9.9

Use all your energy at once and have none left in a rude way

to shoot someone's face off

Offensive

9.9

To surprise someone very strongly, often in a funny way

Compounds

photo shoot

56 3.1

A session when someone takes photos of people or things

turkey shoot

NSFW

3 8.4

An event or situation where winning is very easy, for example a shooting contest with easy targets

bamboo shoot

2 2.1

A young stem of bamboo you can eat and use as a vegetable in Asian cooking

point-and-shoot camera

2 3.4

A small light camera with automatic settings for taking simple photos

shoot 'em up

1 8.1

A fast action game or movie with a lot of shooting

shoot-'em-up

NSFW

1 8.0

A fast action film or game with lots of shooting and fights

How Developed

sapling

16 2.7

branch

243 1.0

stem

126 1.6

shoot

31 3.0

sprout

62 1.8

bud

370 1.0

Surface Forms

shoot singular

shoots plural

Etymology

Shoot for a young plant comes from an old English idea sceotan meaning 'to send out' or 'push forward'. A shoot is what the plant 'sends out', so the name fits the new growth.