Foreshot

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The spirits that first come over when an alcoholic liquid is distilled.
  2. 2
    A shot that sends something forewards, such as a shot that sends the ball ahead the player making it.

    "Foreshots knock the ball forward."

  3. 3
    A measurement of the azimuth when sighting to the next point along a path that is being measured with a compass.

    "Twelve foreshot and twelve backshot records at varying offsets were acquired for each geophone setup to achieve 24 fold duplicity."

  4. 4
    A portion of a building that protrudes out.
  5. 5
    The foreground of a photographic image.

    "It was obviously an Aspen Valley resident because she recognised the stabling in the background, but the tall dark bay horse in the foreshot didn't look familiar."

Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of foreshoot form-of, participle, past

Synonyms

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backshotheadmidshot

Example

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"Foreshots knock the ball forward."

Etymology

From fore- + shot.

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