a sloping channel or slide for conveying things to a lower level

cement was loaded on to barges via chutes

a narrow metal enclosure for holding or restraining livestock, in which an animal may be vaccinated, branded, etc.

cattle tend to be calmer in a chute with solid sides

a parachute

I tumbled and rolled before I opened my chute

a spinnaker

as soon as we got out of the bay, we put up the chute

kill or wound (a person or animal) with a bullet or arrow

he was shot in the leg during an armed robbery

troops shot dead 29 people

move suddenly and rapidly in a particular direction

the car shot forward

Ward's hand shot out, grabbing his arm

(in soccer, hockey, basketball, etc.) kick, hit, or throw the ball or puck in an attempt to score a goal

Williams twice shot wide

he shot the ball straight at the goalkeeper

film or photograph (a scene, film, etc.)

she has just been commissioned to shoot a video

(of a plant or seed) send out buds or shoots; germinate

some years one or other plant fails to shoot

inject oneself or another person with (a narcotic drug)

he shot dope into his arm

plane (the edge of a board) accurately

I shot the longer edge down on the planer

a young branch or sucker springing from the main stock of a tree or other plant

he nipped off the new shoots that grew where the leaves joined the stems

an occasion when a group of people hunt and shoot game for sport

a grouse shoot

an occasion when a professional photographer takes photographs or when a film or video is being made

a photo shoot

a fashion shoot

a rapid in a stream

follow the portages that skirt all nine shoots of whitewater

used as a euphemism for ‘shit’

shoot, it was a great day to be alive