SHAFT

Definition

1. verb equip with a shaft.
2. verb defeat someone through trickery or deceit. — synonyms: cheat, chouse, screw, chicane, jockey
3. noun a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer.
4. 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
5. noun a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow).
6. noun a column of light (as from a beacon). — synonyms: beam, beam_of_light, light_beam, ray, ray_of_light, shaft_of_light, irradiation
7. noun the main (mid) section of a long bone. — synonyms: diaphysis
8. noun obscene terms for penis. — synonyms: cock, prick, dick, pecker, tool, putz
9. noun a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon. — synonyms: spear, lance
10. noun a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator).
11. noun (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column. — synonyms: scape
12. noun a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel.
13. noun a revolving rod that transmits power or motion. — synonyms: rotating_shaft
14. noun the hollow spine of a feather. — synonyms: quill, calamus