Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb shaft
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb shaft
Entailment of verb shaft
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb shaft
1 sense of shaft
Sense 1
cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey
=> beat beat out crush, trounce, vanquish
Familiarity of verb shaft
shaft used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1)
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb shaft
Sense 1
cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey
=> beat beat out crush, trounce, vanquish
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Grep of noun shaft
aftershaft
air shaft
butt shaft
camshaft
crankshaft
driveshaft
elevator shaft
mineshaft
rotating shaft
rotor shaft
shaft
shaft louse
shaft of light
transmission shaft
ventilation shaft
Overview of noun shaft
The noun shaft has 12 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (3) shaft -- (a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer)
2. (3) shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe -- (an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets")
3. (1) shaft -- (a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow))
4. beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light -- (a column of light (as from a beacon))
5. diaphysis, shaft -- (the main (mid) section of a long bone)
6. cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool -- (obscene terms for penis)
7. spear, lance, shaft -- (a long pointed rod used as a weapon)
8. shaft -- (a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator))
9. shaft -- (upright consisting of the vertical part of a column)
10. shaft -- (a vertical passage into a mine)
11. rotating shaft, shaft -- (a revolving rod that transmits power or motion)
12. quill, calamus, shaft -- (the hollow shaft of a feather)
Overview of verb shaft
The verb shaft has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey -- (defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit)
Overview of noun shaft
The noun shaft has 12 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (3) shaft -- (a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer)
2. (3) shot, shaft, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe -- (an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; "his parting shot was `drop dead'"; "she threw shafts of sarcasm"; "she takes a dig at me every chance she gets")
3. (1) shaft -- (a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow))
4. beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft, shaft of light -- (a column of light (as from a beacon))
5. diaphysis, shaft -- (the main (mid) section of a long bone)
6. cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool -- (obscene terms for penis)
7. spear, lance, shaft -- (a long pointed rod used as a weapon)
8. shaft -- (a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator))
9. shaft -- (upright consisting of the vertical part of a column)
10. shaft -- (a vertical passage into a mine)
11. rotating shaft, shaft -- (a revolving rod that transmits power or motion)
12. quill, calamus, shaft -- (the hollow shaft of a feather)
Overview of verb shaft
The verb shaft has 1 sense (no senses from tagged texts)
1. cheat, chouse, shaft, screw, chicane, jockey -- (defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit)
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