Definitions of shaft:
- noun: a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
- noun: a vertical passage into a mine
- noun: (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
- noun: a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
- noun: a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
- noun: a revolving rod that transmits power or motion
- noun: the main (mid) section of a long bone
- noun: an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
Example: "She threw shafts of sarcasm"
- noun: the hollow shaft of a feather
- noun: a long pointed rod used as a weapon
- noun: obscene terms for penis
- noun: a column of light (as from a beacon)
- verb: equip with a shaft
- verb: defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
