SHAFT

/ʃɑːft/ ► audio Scrabble 11 Words With Friends 10

Definition

verb equip with a shaft.
verb defeat someone through trickery or deceit. — synonyms: cheat, chouse, screw, chicane, jockey
noun a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer.
noun an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. — synonyms: shot, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe
noun a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow).
noun a column of light (as from a beacon). — synonyms: beam, beam_of_light, light_beam, ray, ray_of_light, shaft_of_light, irradiation
noun the main (mid) section of a long bone. — synonyms: diaphysis
noun obscene terms for penis. — synonyms: cock, prick, dick, pecker, tool, putz
noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon. — synonyms: spear, lance
noun a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator).
noun (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column. — synonyms: scape
noun a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel.
noun a revolving rod that transmits power or motion. — synonyms: rotating_shaft
noun the hollow spine of a feather. — synonyms: quill, calamus

“Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered.”
“Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?”
“I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!”