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shafts

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shafts

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Because it is a word with a single syllable, shafts is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.

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Definitions ofshafts

1noun
  • The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
  • The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.

    Example: "Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered."

  • (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
  • 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.
  • A beam or ray of light.

    Example: "Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?"

  • The main axis of a feather.

    Example: "I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!"

  • The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.

    Example: "Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!"

  • A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine

    Example: "Your grandfather used to work with a crane hauling ore out of the gold mine's shafts."

  • A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.

    Example: "Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft."

  • A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.

    Example: "Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft."

  • Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
  • The main cylindrical part of the penis.

    Example: "The female labia minora is homologous to the penis shaft skin of males."

  • The chamber of a blast furnace.
1verb
  • To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.

    Example: "Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that."

  • To equip with a shaft.
  • To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

    Example: "Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend."

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