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Search phrase: shoot

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PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
All's Well That Ends WellAW V.iii.11.1And watched the time to shoot.And watch'd the time to shoote.
CoriolanusCor I.ix.49Here's many else have done, you shout me forthhere's many else haue done, / You shoot me forth
HamletHam V.ii.397Go, bid the soldiers shoot.Go, bid the Souldiers shoote.
Henry IV Part 22H4 III.ii.43dead! 'A shot a fine shoot. John o' Gaunt loved him well,dead? hee shot a fine shoote. Iohn of Gaunt loued him well,
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.iv.56Ready they were to shoot me to the heart.Ready they were to shoot me to the heart.
Henry VI Part 11H6 I.iv.70.1Here they shoot, and Salisbury and Gargrave fallHere they shot, and Salisbury falls
Henry VI Part 11H6 IV.vii.80That I in rage might shoot them at your faces!That I in rage might shoot them at your faces.
Henry VI Part 22H6 IV.i.104O that I were a god, to shoot forth thunderO that I were a God, to shoot forth Thunder
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.i.5I'll stay above the hill, so both may shoot.Ile stay aboue the hill, so both may shoot.
Henry VI Part 33H6 III.i.7Will scare the herd, and so my shoot is lost.Will scarre the Heard, and so my shoot is lost:
King JohnKJ II.i.229They shoot but calm words folded up in smoke,They shoote but calme words, folded vp in smoake,
King JohnKJ II.i.414Austria and France shoot in each other's mouth.Austria and France shoot in each others mouth.
King JohnKJ V.vi.1Who's there? Speak, ho! Speak quickly, or I shoot.Whose there? Speake hoa, speake quickely, or I shoote.
King LearKL II.iv.222I do not bid the thunder-bearer shoot,I do not bid the Thunder-bearer shoote,
Love's Labour's LostLLL III.i.63.1I shoot thee at the swain.I shoote thee at the Swaine.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.10A stand where you may make the fairest shoot.A Stand where you may make the fairest shoote.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.11I thank my beauty, I am fair that shoot,I thanke my beautie, I am faire that shoote,
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.12And thereupon thou speakest ‘ the fairest shoot.’And thereupon thou speak'st the fairest shoote.
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.26Thus will I save my credit in the shoot:Thus will I saue my credit in the shoote,
Love's Labour's LostLLL IV.i.135Indeed, 'a must shoot nearer, or he'll ne'er hit the clout.Indeede a'must shoote nearer, or heele ne're hit the clout.
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.i.148To shoot another arrow that self wayTo shoote another arrow that selfe way
The Merchant of VeniceMV I.i.149Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt,Which you did shoot the first, I do not doubt,
The Merry Wives of WindsorMW III.ii.30cannon will shoot point-blank twelve score. He piecesCanon will shoot point-blanke twelue score: hee peeces
Much Ado About NothingMA I.i.237If I do, hang me in a bottle like a cat, and shootIf I do, hang me in a bottle like a Cat, & shoot
Much Ado About NothingMA III.ii.11dare not shoot at him. He hath a heart as sound as adare not shoot at him, he hath a heart as sound as a
The TempestTem IV.i.100Swears he will shoot no more, but play with sparrows,Swears he will shoote no more, but play with Sparrows,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iii.58You were as good to shoot against the wind.You were as good to shoote against the winde.
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iii.62Kinsmen, shoot all your shafts into the court;Kinsmen, shoot all your shafts into the Court,
Titus AndronicusTit IV.iii.64.1Now, masters, draw. (They shoot)Now Maisters draw,

Poems

 3 result(s).
PlayKey LineModern TextOriginal Text
The Rape of LucreceLuc.579 End thy ill aim before thy shoot be ended; End thy ill ayme, before thy shoote be ended.
The Rape of LucreceLuc.1442 They join, and shoot their foam at Simois' banks. They ioine, & shoot their fome at SIMOIS bancks.
SonnetsSonn.117.12 But shoot not at me in your wakened hate; But shoote not at me in your wakened hate:

Glossary

 16 result(s).
carry[archery] send, shoot
driveshoot, strike at, aim blows at
givebegin firing, shoot, discharge
graffgraft, shoot, scion
loose[archery] shoot an arrow
overshootshoot ahead of, run out of reach of
pistolshoot with a pistol
scionshoot, graft, limb
shootsend forth, throw, let fly
shootoutgrowth, offshoot, sprouting
shootshot, act of shooting
shootappear suddenly, come up, emerge
slipseedling, sprig, shoot, cutting
spirt upsprout, shoot up, germinate
springsapling, shoot, young growth
switchtwig, thin shoot

Thesaurus

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ahead, shootovershoot
arrow, shoot an loose
pistol, shoot with a pistol
shoot [fighting]carry
shoot [fighting]drive
shoot [fighting]give
shoot [growth]graff
shoot [growth]scion
shoot [growth]slip
shoot [growth]spring
shoot aheadovershoot
shoot an arrow loose
shoot upspirt up
shoot with a pistolpistol
shoot, thinswitch
thin shootswitch

Themes and Topics

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Words Families

 18 result(s).
Word FamilyWord Family GroupWords
OVERSHOOTBASICsee SHOOT
SHOOTBASICshoot n, shoot v, shooting adj, shooting n, shot n, shotten adj
SHOOTACTIONo'ershoot v , overshoot v , upshoot n
SHOOTEMOTIONgrief-shot adj
SHOOTOBJECTcannon-shot n
SHOOTPART OF BODYearshot n, shoulder-shotten adj
SHOOTPEOPLEshooter n
SHOOTSTATEnook-shotten adj, shot-free adj, through-shot adj

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