Shaft Definition

shăft
shafted, shafting, shafts
noun
shafts
The main axis of a feather, especially its distal portion.
American Heritage Medicine
The long stem or body of an arrow or spear.
Webster's New World
A long, slender part or object.
Webster's New World
A missile or something that seems to be hurled like a missile; bolt.
Shafts of lightning, derision, etc.
Webster's New World
The section of a hair projecting from the surface of the body.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
verb
shafted, shafting, shafts
To cheat, trick, exploit, etc.
Webster's New World
To equip with a shaft.
American Heritage
To treat in a harsh, unfair way.
American Heritage
To penetrate (someone) sexually.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
idiom
get the shaft
  • to be cheated, tricked, etc.
Webster's New World
give someone the shaft
  • to cheat or trick someone
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Shaft

Noun

Singular:
shaft
Plural:
shafts

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Shaft

  • get the shaft
  • give someone the shaft

Origin of Shaft

  • Middle English from Old English sceaft

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Shaft Sentence Examples

  • The main pit was a vertical shaft.

  • The fire was discovered by smoke in the upper shaft.

  • The shaft is of red granite and is beautifully polished.

  • This is the long splined shaft with a sixteen inch gear at one end.

  • A shaft of brilliant sunlight fell through the dusty layers of a horse chestnut tree, landing on the velvet vows of her shoes.

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Words Starting With

SSHSHA

Words Ending With

TFTAFT

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