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noun
- 1. a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or a similar implement: "the shaft of a golf club"
- 2. a ray of light or bolt of lightning: "a shaft of sunlight"
verb
- 1. (of light) shine in beams: "brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight"
- 2. (of a man) have sex with. vulgar slang
SHAFT meaning: 1. a pole or rod that forms the handle of a tool or weapon: 2. a rod forming part of a machine…. Learn more.
1. the long narrow pole that forms the body of a spear, arrow, etc. 2. something directed at a person in the manner of a missile: shafts of sarcasm. 3. a ray, beam, or streak, esp of light. 4. a rod or pole forming the handle of a hammer, axe, golf club, etc. 5.
Definition of shaft noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
The word shaft can describe all kinds of things that are long and thin, such a shaft of light or a spear or the handle of a golf club or the midsection of a long bone. A shaft can also be a long narrow tunnel, generally one that runs straight up and down, such as a mine shaft or an elevator shaft.
5 days ago · 1. countable noun [oft noun NOUN] A shaft is a long vertical passage, for example for a lift. He was found dead at the bottom of a lift shaft. ...old mine shafts. Synonyms: tunnel, hole, passage, burrow More Synonyms of shaft. 2. countable noun [usually noun NOUN]
a long, vertical hole that people or things can move through, either inside a building or in the ground: a mine shaft. a ventilation shaft. shaft noun [C] (HANDLE) the handle of a tool or weapon. a shaft of light. a beam of light. (Definition of shaft from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of shaft.
noun. a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows. something directed or barbed as in sharp attack: shafts of sarcasm. a ray or beam: a shaft of sunlight. a long, comparatively straight handle serving as an important or balancing part of an implement or device, as of a hammer, ax, golf club, or other implement.
