- the part that grows up from the ground when a plant starts to grow; a new part that grows on plants or trees
- new green shoots
- bamboo shoots
Extra ExamplesTopics Plants and treesc1- Keep the bulbs in a cool dark place until shoots appear.
- These shrubs will need more light to produce flowering shoots.
- This plant has no shoots yet.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- green
- new
- …
- have
- develop
- produce
- …
- appear
- come up
- develop
- …
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- an occasion when somebody takes professional photographs for a particular purpose or makes a film
- a fashion shoot
Homophones chute | shootchute shootsee also photo shoot/ʃuːt//ʃuːt/- chute noun
- The laundry chute leads down to the washer-dryer area in the basement.
- shoot verb
- The recruits are learning to shoot at targets.
- shoot noun
- She posed for the cameras as though for a fashion shoot.
Extra Examples- He goes out on shoots with very little equipment.
- a cover shoot for the September issue of Cosmopolitan
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- commercial
- cover
- fashion
- …
- on a/the shoot
- (especially British English) an occasion when a group of people hunt and shoot animals or birds for sport; the land where this happens
- He was shot in the face while on a game shoot.
see also turkey shoot
plant
film/photographs
for sport
Word OriginOld English scēotan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch scieten and German sciessen, also to sheet, the noun shot, and shut.
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