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shaft

noun

1 shaft

A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer.

Roget 208: depth; deepness etc. adj.; profundity, depression etc. (concavity) 252.    hollow, pit, shaft, well, ... show more

Roget 260: hole, foramen; puncture, perforation; fontanel; transforation; pinhole, keyhole, loophole, porthole, peephole, mousehole, pigeonhole; eye of a needle; ... show more

Roget 351: air pipe, air tube; airhole, blowhole, breathinghole, venthole; shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, ... show more

2 shaft

An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect:
— She threw shafts of sarcasm.

synonyms: barb, dig, gibe, jibe, shot, slam.

Dutch: hatelijkheid, speldenprik, speldeprik, steek, stekeligheid
Polish: przytyk, przycinek, przymówka

3 shaft

A long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow).

Dutch: schacht, schaft
Polish: trzonek

4 shaft

A column of light (as from a beacon).

synonyms: beam, beam of light, irradiation, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft of light.

Roget 215: support, ground, foundation, base, basis; terra firma; bearing, fulcrum, bait [U.S.], caudex crib; point d'appui [Fr.], pou sto [Gr.], purchase footing, hold, ... show more

Dutch: stralenbundel

5 shaft

The main (mid) section of a long bone.

synonym: diaphysis.

6 shaft

Obscene terms for penis.

synonyms: cock, dick, pecker, prick, putz, tool.

Roget 633: machinery, mechanism, engineering.    instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, ... show more

Dutch: fallus, fluit, geslachtsdeel, jongeheer, joystick, klok-en-hamerspel, leuter, lid, lul, mannelijkheid ... show more
Polish: chuj, trzonek, lacha, koń, pała, kutas, fiut

7 shaft

A long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon.

synonyms: lance, spear.

Roget 727: arm, arms; weapon, deadly weapon; armament, armaments, armature; panoply, stand of arms; armor etc. (defense) 717; armory ... show more

Dutch: geer, lans, speer, spies, spiets, werpspies

8 shaft

A vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator).

Polish: kanał

9 shaft

architecture Upright consisting of the vertical part of a column.

synonym: scape.

10 shaft

A long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel.

Dutch: schacht

11 shaft

A revolving rod that transmits power or motion.

synonym: rotating shaft.

Polish: wał

12 shaft

The hollow spine of a feather.

synonyms: calamus, quill.

Dutch: penneschacht
Polish: dudka

verb

1 shaft

Equip with a shaft.

2 shaft

Defeat someone through trickery or deceit.

synonyms: cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw.

Dutch: oplichterij


Moby thesaurus: abysm, abyss, adit, air duct, air hole, air passage, air shaft, air tube, airway, antenna tower, arch, arrow, arrowhead, baluster, balustrade, banister, bank, barb, barbican, barbule ... show more.

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