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shafts |
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 -------------- 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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