shaft
31shaft — n 1. pole, rod, stick; long handle, helve; bar, beam; staff, flagpole, flagstaff; post, pillar, column, upright, support, stanchion. 2. barb, cutting remark, cut, gibe, sarcastic remark; verbal blow, Inf. slam, Inf. put down, Inf. knock, slap or… …
32shaft — noun 1) the shaft of a golf club Syn: pole, shank, stick, rod, staff, handle, stem 2) shafts of sunlight Syn: ray, beam, gleam, streak 3) …
33shaft — [[t]ʃæft, ʃɑft[/t]] n. 1) a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances or arrows 2) something directed at someone or something in sharp attack: shafts of sarcasm[/ex] 3) a ray or beam 4) a long handle serving to balance or… …
34shaft — /ʃaft / (say shahft) noun 1. a long pole or rod forming the body of various weapons, as a spear, lance, or arrow. 2. something directed as in sharp attack: shafts of sarcasm. 3. a ray or beam: shaft of sunlight. 4. the handle of a hammer, axe,… …
35shaft — n. [A.S. sceaft, shaft] The cylindrical part of a limb or structure …
36shaft — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. arrow, spear; beam, ray; handle; bar, axle; thill; column, pillar; well, pit. See arms, depth, support. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Rod] Syn. stem, handle, bar, cylinder, pole; see also rod 1 . 2. [A… …
37shaft — [OE] Shaft is a general Germanic word, shared by German and Dutch schaft and Swedish and Danish skaft. These point back to a common prehistoric ancestor *skaftaz, which may have been descended from the Indo European base *scap ‘support’ (source… …
38shaft — I n A double cross. I sent her out to buy a car but she gave me the shaft and skipped with the money. 1950s II v To double cross. I was shafted by best friend! 1950s …
39shaft n — At a company where they dig for gold, a labor dispute is a miner problem where no one wants to get the shaft …
40shaft — noun 1》 a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar. ↘an arrow or spear. ↘a column, especially the part between the base and capital. ↘a long cylindrical rotating rod… …
