1) the sport of shooting with a bow and arrows (archery)
2) a small body coming from outer space into the earth's atmosphere and becoming bright (as a shooting star) as it is burnt up (meteor)
3) a new, young growth on a plant or bush; a group of people shooting birds, animals (shoot)
4) something (to be) aimed at when shooting etc; anything (an amount, extent etc) which one wants to achieve (target)
5) the throwing or shooting of a number (of stones, arrows, bullets etc) together; (in tennis etc) to return (a ball) before it touches the ground (volley)
a set of actors in a play
a throw to the side
(of pain, suffering, bodily or mental) extreme
torturous, painful
(an act of) punishment by being killed; the carrying out or performance of a piece of work etc
killing
(an instance of) the unlawful killing of a person on purpose
killing
the use of (threats of) violence, especially for political services
killing
