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1.NounThe entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
2.NounThe long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin."Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered."
3.NounAnything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
4.NounAny long thin object, such as the handle of a tool.
One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle."Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!"
5.NounOne of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
6.NounA rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft
7.NounThe long narrow body of a lacrosse stick."Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!"
8.NounA beam or ray of light."Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?"
9.NounThe main axis of a feather."I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!"
10.NounA vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine."Your grandfather used to work with a crane hauling ore out of the gold mine's shafts."
11.NounA vertical passage housing a lift or elevator."Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft."
12.NounA ventilation or heating conduit."Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft."
13.NounAny column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
14.NounThe main cylindrical part of the penis."The female labia minora is homologous to the penis shaft skin of males."
15.NounThe chamber of a blast furnace.
16.NounA relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
17.NounA component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.
18.NounAn act of sexual intercourse.
19.VerbTo fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery."Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that."
20.VerbTo equip with a shaft.
21.VerbTo fuck; to have sexual intercourse with."Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend."