1. To Bake in a kiln
2. To cause to discharge; SYN. discharge.
3. To drive out or away by or as if by fire
4. To go off or discharge; SYN. discharge, go off.
5. To terminate the employment of; SYN. give notice, can, dismiss, give the axe, send away, sack, force out, terminate.
(Homonym: chute).
(Irregular preterit, past participle: shot).
1. To fire a shot from a gun.
2. To emit (as light, flame, or fumes) suddenly and forcefully.
3. To hit with a missile from a weapon; SYN. hit, pip.
4. To send forth suddenly, intensely, swiftly.
5. To kill by firing a bullet; SYN. pip.
6. To produce buds, branches, or germinate; of plants; SYN. spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout.
7. To cause a shooting pain.