shaft

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.

   “A shaft hath three principal parts, the stele, the feathers, and the head.”

2. isim The 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. isim Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.

   “[…]and the Thunder, / Wing'd with red Lightning and impetuous rage, / Perhaps hath ſpent his ſhafts […]”

4. isim One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.

   “While Kitto chatted to William, Jessamy looked with interest at the dog cart. It had a pair of high wooden wheels with two seats back to back above. Between the shafts the bay mare tossed her head and fidgeted on the cobbles.”

5. isim A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft

   “Turbines have been around for a long time—windmills and water wheels are early examples. The name comes from the Latin turbo, meaning vortex, and thus the defining property of a turbine is that a fluid or gas turns the blades of a rotor, which is attached to a shaft that can perform useful work.”

6. isim The 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!”

7. isim A beam or ray of light.

   “Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?”

8. isim The main axis of a feather.

   “I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!”

9. isim A 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.”

10. isim A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.

    “Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft.”

11. isim A ventilation or heating conduit.

    “Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft.”

12. isim Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.

    “Spirit, that made those heroes dare / To die, or leave their children free / Bid Time and Nature gently spare / The shaft we raise to thee.”

13. isim The main cylindrical part of the penis.

    “The female labia minora is homologous to the penis shaft skin of males.”

14. isim The chamber of a blast furnace.
15. isim A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
16. isim A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.

    “Eight shafts are required to weave this structure. If you have four shafts, you may weave something similar by threading alternate blocks to plain weave and 2/2 basket.”

17. isim An act of sexual intercourse.

    “I sat on the sofa, got up, changed channels and doubted there'd be time to have a quick shaft and feign an orgasm today.”

18. fiil To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.

    “Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that.”

19. fiil To equip with a shaft.
20. fiil To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

    “Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend.”