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Definition shaft

Etymology

From Middle English schaft, from Old English s?eaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Cognate with Dutch schacht, German German Schaft, Swedish skaft.

Noun

shaft (plural shafts)

1. (obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
2. The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
3. (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
4. Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.
5. A beam or ray of light.
6. The main axis of a feather.
7. (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
8. A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine
9. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
10. A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
11. (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
12. The main cylindrical part of the penis.
13. The chamber of a blast furnace.

Verb

shaft (third-person singular simple present shafts, present participle shafting, simple past and past participle shafted)

1. (transitive, slang) To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
2. (transitive) To equip with a shaft.
3. (transitive, slang) To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

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