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Definition: Shaft |
ShaftNoun1. A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer. 2. 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. A long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow). 4. A column of light (as from a beacon). 5. The main (mid) section of a long bone. 6. Obscene terms for penis. 7. A long pointed rod used as a weapon. 8. A vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator). 9. Upright consisting of the vertical part of a column. 10. : a vertical passage into a mine. 11. : a revolving rod that transmits power or motion. 12. : the hollow shaft of a feather. Verb1. Defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "shaft" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
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Electrical Engineering | That part of a rotor which carries other rotating members and which is supported by bearings in which it can rotate. Source: European Union. (references) |
Food & Agriculture | A tree stem once it has grown to substantial thickness, roughly, capable of yielding saw timber, veneer logs or large poles. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Shaft I will make either a shaft or bolt of it. I will apply it to one use or another. The bolt was the crossbow arrow, the shaft was the arrow of the long-bow. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Metallurgy | The truncated upper part of the blast furnace, widening from the throat at the top to the lintel at the bottom. Source: European Union. (references) |
Multilingual Slang | Welsh (bwchio). (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A shaft is either:
Shaft is a 1971 film and a 2000 remake. See Shaft (1971 movie) and Shaft (2000 movie).
- a hole in the earth typically used for mineral extraction, such as mining. They will normally be vertical, man-made structures.
- a long cylindrical piece of metal, typically found in motors, machines etc.
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Shaft is a 1971 blaxploitation film which tells the story of a a detective who fights the black mob, and then the white mob. It stars Richard Roundtree, Moses Gunn, Charles Cioffi, Christopher St. John, Gwenn Mitchell and Lawrence Pressman.The movie was adapted by Ernest Tidyman and John D.F. Black from the novel by Tidyman. It was directed by Gordon Parks.
It won an Academy Award for Best Music, Song for Isaac Hayes for Theme from Shaft. It was nominated for Best Music, Original Dramatic Score.
Shaft was followed by two movie sequels:
and a television series:
- Shaft's Big Score (1972)
- Shaft in Africa (1973)
It was remade in 2000. In 2000 the United States Library of Congress deemed the original film "culturally significant" and selected it for preservation in the National Film Registry.
- Shaft
Quotations
- Shaft's girlfriend: "You got problems, baby?"
- Shaft: "Yeah, I got a couple of 'em. I was born black and I was born poor."
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Shaft (1971 movie)."
Synonyms: ShaftSynonyms: barb (n), beam (n), beam of light (n), calamus (n), cock (n), diaphysis (n), dick (n), dig (n), gibe (n), jibe (n), lance (n), light beam (n), pecker (n), peter (n), prick (n), quill (n), ray (n), ray of light (n), rotating shaft (n), shaft of light (n), shot (n), slam (n), spear (n), tool (n), cheat (v), chicane (v), chouse (v), jockey (v), screw (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Airpipe | Noun: air pipe, air tube; airhole, blowhole, breathinghole, venthole; shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, throat, weasand, trachea; bronchus, bronchia; larynx, tonsils, windpipe, spiracle; ventiduct, ventilator; louvre, jalousie, Venetian blinds; blowpipe. (wind); pipe. (tube); jhilmil; smokestack. |
Arms | Pike, lance, spear, spontoon, javelin, dart, jereed, jerid, arrow, reed, shaft, bolt, boomerang, harpoon, gaff; eelspear, oxgoad, weet-weet, wommerah; cattle prod; chemical mace. |
Depth | Hollow, pit, shaft, well, crater; gulf; bowels of the earth, botttomless pit, hell. |
Instrument | Handle, hilt, haft, shaft, heft, shank, blade, trigger, tiller, helm, treadle, key; turnscrew, screwdriver; knocker. |
Opening | Way, path; thoroughfare; channel; passage, passageway; tube, pipe; water pipe; air pipe; vessel, tubule, canal, gut, fistula; adjutage, ajutage; ostium; smokestack; chimney, flue, tap, funnel, gully, tunnel, main; mine, pit, adit, shaft; gallery. |
Rotation | Axis, axis of rotation, swivel, pivot, pivot point; axle, spindle, pin, hinge, pole, arbor, bobbin, mandrel; axle shaft; gymbal; hub, hub of rotation. |
Support | Post, pillar, shaft, thill, column, pilaster; pediment, pedicle; pedestal; plinth, shank, leg, socle, zocle; buttress, jamb, mullion, abutment; baluster, banister, stanchion; balustrade; headstone; upright; door post, jamb, door jamb. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Lyrics | But I'm talkin' about Shaft ("Theme From Shaft"; performing artist: Isaac Hayes) Shaft ("Theme From Shaft"; performing artist: Isaac Hayes) Shaft! ("Theme From Shaft"; performing artist: Isaac Hayes) You see this cat Shaft is a bad mother-- ("Theme From Shaft"; performing artist: Isaac Hayes) I wish shaft was pleasure (I Cry; performing artist: Ja Rule) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Shaft in Africa (1973) | |
Song Titles | Shaft (performing artist: Isaac Hayes) | |
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![]() | A bizarre effect of time-lapse photography makes Clean Air Facility appear to be illuminated by triangular shaft of reflected sunlight. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. | ![]() | A rain shaft pierces a tropical sunset as seen from Man-of-War Bay. Credit: Small World. |
![]() | African American farmers, Leo and Edward Jenkins own and operate this farm in Washington County in the Mississippi Delta. The grow cotton, soybeans, wheat, and vegitables. Here Edward attaches drive shaft. Credit: USDA. | An emerald shaft of light reflects upon Aravaipa Creek. Credit: Christine Maxa. | |
AML Poorman, Vale District, Oregon. entrance to mine shaft. Credit: John Craig. | ![]() | Overturned on the reef, on the western side of Apia Harbor, Upolu, Samoa, during salvage work after the storm. Note the gun mounted on her poop deck, and bent propeller shaft visible at her stern. Credit: NAVY. | |
![]() | Being prepared for launching, at the Philadelphia Navy Yard, Pennsylvania, on 7 December 1942. Note the shape of her after hull, with inboard propeller shafts incorporated in the hull skegs, and twin rudder posts directly aft of them. The starboard outboard propeller shaft is also visible, at right. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Man and beast toiling in perpetual night--hauling coal to the shaft, M. & C. bituminous mines, Decatur, Ill. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Central repair shop, Salem, Virginia. U.S. Civilian Conservation Corps Director, James J. McEntee, looks on while enrollees receive direction from instructor L.W. Overstreet for assemblying crank shaft, connecting rods, etc. Left to right: L.W. Overstre. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Woodward coal breakers, Kingston, Pa., shaft house. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Elevator shaft" by Taylor Dixson Commentary: "Top of old elevator shaft from the 50's.... cant believe I ride this thing." | "Cam shaft" by Ariel C. Commentary: "Cam shaft." |
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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | A sidedoor of the theatre opened suddenly and a shaft of light flew across the grassplots |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | He worked the rod against the shaft. |
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Health | Nits are found firmly attached to the hair shaft. (references) | |
Nit (head lice egg) combs, often found in lice medicine packages should be used to remove nits and lice from the hair shaft. (references) | ||
Among the recent technical advances are extremely small probes that fit 16 electrodes on a shaft finer than a human hair. Integrated into a neural prosthesis, this type of electrode could provide extremely selective stimulation within the CNS, allowing the patient much more refined muscle control and a greater range of function. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Shaft" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 98.87% of the time. "Shaft" is used about 884 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 98.87% | 874 | 8,130 |
| Noun (proper) | 1.13% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Total | 100.00% | 884 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "shaft": accessory shaft ♦ Air shaft ♦ Angle shaft ♦ armature shaft ♦ Banded shaft ♦ but shaft ♦ Butt shaft ♦ cam shaft ♦ cardan shaft ♦ clutch shaft ♦ collimator shaft ♦ crank shaft ♦ cranked portion of a shaft ♦ disengaging shaft ♦ distorted shaft ♦ downcast shaft ♦ drive shaft ♦ driving shaft ♦ drop shaft ♦ elevator shaft ♦ engine shaft ♦ equivalent shaft horsepower ♦ hair shaft ♦ heald shaft ♦ intermediate shaft ♦ Jack shaft ♦ Lay shaft ♦ Line shaft ♦ main shaft ♦ multiple spline shaft ♦ multiple splined shaft ♦ paddle shaft ♦ parthian shaft ♦ plain shaft ♦ plain shaft bearing ♦ plough shaft ♦ profiled shaft ♦ prop shaft ♦ propeller shaft ♦ rock shaft ♦ rocking shaft ♦ rotating shaft ♦ rotor shaft ♦ saw shaft ♦ shaft a horse ♦ shaft alley ♦ shaft coupling ♦ shaft end ♦ shaft furnace ♦ shaft louse ♦ shaft of light ♦ shaft of loom ♦ shaft spillway ♦ shaft station ♦ shaft tube ♦ shaft tunnel ♦ shouldered shaft ♦ sink a shaft ♦ step shaft ♦ stepped shaft ♦ stilling well shaft ♦ taper shaft ♦ telescopic shaft ♦ torque shaft ♦ transmission shaft ♦ tubular shaft ♦ tunnel shaft ♦ turbo shaft power plant ♦ upcast shaft ♦ ventilating shaft ♦ ventilation shaft ♦ warped shaft ♦ way shaft ♦ whim shaft. Additional references. | |
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Beginning with "shaft": shaft-driven, shaft-grave, shaft-horse, shaft-mining. | |
Ending with "shaft": lift-shaft, mine-shaft, well-shaft. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
golf shaft | 442 | shaft seal | 39 |
shaft | 388 | true temper golf shaft | 38 |
golf club shaft | 188 | graphite design golf shaft | 38 |
shaft coupling | 178 | rifle golf shaft | 36 |
shaft collar | 128 | penley shaft | 36 |
drive shaft | 106 | ust shaft | 33 |
fujikura golf shaft | 103 | crank shaft | 33 |
fujikura shaft | 97 | hockey shaft | 30 |
rifle shaft | 69 | flex shaft | 30 |
flexible shaft coupling | 62 | true temper shaft | 29 |
wilson fat shaft | 62 | penley golf shaft | 29 |
harrison golf shaft | 54 | graphite design shaft | 28 |
graphite shaft | 49 | stainless steel shaft collar | 27 |
golf shaft graphite | 48 | aldila golf shaft | 26 |
harrison shaft | 47 | golf club shaft length | 26 |
flexible shaft | 46 | splined shaft | 25 |
grafalloy shaft | 44 | propeller shaft | 24 |
golf review shaft | 43 | pto shaft | 24 |
grafalloy golf shaft | 42 | blue grafalloy shaft | 24 |
ust golf shaft | 42 | steel shaft | 23 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "shaft"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | aandryfas (drive shaft, driving axle). (various references) | |
Albanian | spicë (radius, splinter, spoke), shtizë (gad, javelin, lance, Pike, pole, spear, staff), shigjetë (arrow, dart, hand, index, indicator, missile, needle, pointer, spire, steel, steeple), trup (bodice, body, build, bulk, case, constitution, flesh, frame, personnel, staff), timon (beam, handlebar, helm rudder, pole, rudder, steering wheel, turnstile, wheel), rreze (beam, flicker, gleam, radius, Ray), pus miniere (pit), kullë ashensori (well), bosht (Arista, axis, axle, axletree, bobbin, fulcrum, kingbolt, kingpin, pivot, spindle), aks (axis, pivot, spindle). (various references) | |
Arabic | مقبض (grasp, grip, grip handle, haft, handgrip, handle, inlet, lever, lug, panhandle, power outlet, shank, socket, squeeze, stick), محور (axis, center, centre, heart, hub, pivot, spin, spindle, spun), نكح (ride, screw, sex, shag), نقالة (hand-barrow, litter, stretcher), قضيب (bar, baton, draw-bar, mace, penis, phallus, pointer, rail, rod, staff, stem, stick, switch, wand), حوض المحرك, سهم (arrow, dart, matrass, share), عمود المحرك, جسم العظم, إسطوانة العمود, ركب عمود, رمح (javelin, lance, pike, spear), شعاع (bar, beam, radiation, ray, streak), بصيص (flicker, glitter, ray), بئر المصعد. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | копие (assagai, assegai, carbon copy, copy, counterpart, ditto, double, duplicate, imitation, javelin, manifold, print off, repetition, replication, reproduction, spear, tally, transcript, transcription), измамвам (abuse, befool, beguile, catch, chisel, chouse, clip, cross, dash, defraud, diddle, fix, flam, fob, fool, gaff, go back on, green, gull, hijack, kid, mislead, mock, nobble, overreach, play false, pluck, prey, pull a fast one, put across, put on, screw, sell, short-change, slip over, spoof, swindle, take for a ride, take in, trick, trim), процеп (chimney, crevice, pole, rent), лъч (beam, gleam, shoot), аръш (pole, saddle), мятам (cast, drive, fling, launch, pitch, put on, sell, send, shoot, sling, slip over, spoof, swing, throw, toss, tumble about), мълния (bolt, flash, lightning, thunder, thunderbolt), ос (axis, axle, axletree, kingbolt, pin, shank, spindle, stalk, tree), островърха кула (steeple), дръжка на копие (pikestaff), гръм (bark, bolt, boom, clap, crack, peal, reverberation, thunder, thunder peal, thunderbolt, thunderclap), стълб (column, pier, pile, pillar, pole, post, riser, staff, stanchion, standard, verge), колона (column, pier, pillar, shank, tige, upright, verge), комин (chimney, chimney stack, smokestack, vent), шпиндел (spindle), шахта (chute, pit, trunk, well), теглич (beam, rod, shank, tongue), сноп (bar, sheaf), ствол (bole, quill, shank, stem, stock, trunk), стрела (arrow, bolt, boom, dart, jibe, lead, outrigger), стъбло (peduncle, pivot, scape, shank, stalk, stock, tige, trunk), вал (axle, billow, roller, spindle, tree). (various references) | |
Chinese | 辕子, 輈 (beam, pole), 矛柄 , 箭桿 . (various references) | |
Czech | střela (bullet, kick, missile, projectile, slug), osa (axis, axle, pivot), kopí (Pike, spear), držadlo (grip, handle, holder, strap), šíp (arrow), šachta (pit, well). (various references) | |
Danish | stamme (stem, trunk), skakt (adit, chute, collimator shaft, core, cored hole, discharge pipe, gallery, hopper, lifting hole, plumb-line shaft, slot, tower, tunnel, void, well), skaft (arbor, body, handle, harness, leg, neck, plain stem, scapus, screw neck, shank, stem, stock, unthreaded portion), trækstang (draft arm, draught arm, lower arm, lower lift, lower link, neckyoke, pole, stay, tension rod, tie, tie rod, tie-rod, tongue, tongue truck), rotationsakse, ring (cordon line, eye, frenulum, frenum, grommet, loop, orthodontic band, pessary, pessulum, pessum, pit, ring, ring pessary), maskindrevet aksel, bul (bole, boll, trunk), brønd (fountain, well), aksel (axis, axle, spindle). (various references) | |
Dutch | schacht (pole, rod), as (arbor, ash, axis, axle, cinder, spindle). (various references) | |
Esperanto | ŝakto, ŝafto (arbor, spindle). (various references) | |
Farsi | گلوله (Ball, Blob, Bullet, Cartridge, Gunshot, Missile, Pellet, Shot), بادکش , دسته (A, Administration, Army, Batch, Covey, Detachment, Hand, Handle, Helm, Hilt, Horde, Host, Ilk, Parcel, Party, School, Sect, Section, Set, Sheaf, Shog, Skein, Squad, Stack, Stem, Stud, Team, Usurer), دودکش (Chimney, Funnel, Stack, Tube, Uptake), استوانه (Cannon, Cylinder, Roller), خدنگ (Arrow), سابقه (Acquaintance, Antecedent, Background, History, Intellect, Precedence, Prehistory, Record, Scape), ستون (Column, Jamb, Pier, Pile, Pillar, Staple), بدنه (Body, Framework, Trunk), تیرانداختن , پرتوافکندن (Beam, Radiate), قلم (Entry, Pen, Style), چاه , چوب (Rod, Spunk, Stave, Stick, Timber, Wood), چوبه , نیزه (Dart, Gad, Gaff, Gig, Harpoon, Lance, Spear), میله (Axle, Bar, Beam, Filament, Gad, Lever, Pivot, Rod, Slat, Spike, Stem, Stilt, Style), پرتو (Aegis, Beam, Radiance, Ray, Rayon), تیر (Arrow, Bar, Dart, Gunshot, Ledger, Lug, Mast, Perch, Prop, Shot, Spike, Staff, Stanchion, Staple, Timber). (various references) | |
Finnish | akseli (axis, axle). (various references) | |
French | timon, puits, manche (shank), hampe, flèche, fût, cage, arbre. (various references) | |
Frisian | as (arbor, as, as if, as though, axis, axle, how, if, in a way, like, provided that, spindle, such as). (various references) | |
German | Welle (Arbor, axle, billow, circle, craze, kink, light wave, ridge, spindle, stem, warp, wave, wavelength), Schacht (chute, drain, duct, funnel, manhole, well), Stiel (blade, broomstick, handle, helve, knob, peduncle, petiole, shank, stalk, stem, stud), schaft (leg, shank, stalk, stock), achse (arbor, axis, axle, center line, pivot, spindle). (various references) | |
Greek | άξονας (axis, axle). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מוט (bar, boom, gad, pole, rod, roost, staff, stake, yoke), מחפורת (dugout, mine, sap, trench), ידית (grip, haft, handle, lug), יצול (pole), קת (butt, haft, handle), פיר (hole, pit, trench), חוטר (branch, pointer, rod, shoot, slip, twig), חץ (arrow, dart). (various references) | |
Hungarian | nyíl (arrow, bow, dart, finger, reed), nyél (grip, haft, handle, helve, hilt, mounting, pile, pole, shank, stave, stele, stem, stock), liftakna, bibeszál (style), derék (body, brave, butt, good, shank, stalwart, upstanding, waist, well done, worthy), fénynyaláb (beam of rays), fénysugár (bar, beam, gleam, ray, trail of light), hajítódárda (dart, spear), hímvessző (dicky, dong, dork, john thomas, peter, thingy, weenie, yard), kibaszás, akna (grenade, mine, pit, shell, sink, tunnel, well), lándzsa (arme blanche, assagai, assegai, lance, pike, spear), tengely (axis, axle, axle-tree, centerline, centre line, pivot, spindle, spool), nyüst (warp), nyílvessző (arrow, bolt), szár (barrel, beam, body, haulm, holder, leg, shank, stalk, stem), szekérrúd, tárna (adit, course, drift way, mine adit, road), törzs (body, clan, Hull, kin, parent stock, phylum, shank, staff, stem, stock, stub, stump, tribe, trunk), kocsirúd (beam, limber, perch, pole, recoil rod). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tiang (baluster, beam, columm, distaff, pillar), corong (funnel, microphone, mine shaft, quill), ceruk (compartment, cranny, hole), cemuk (shake). (various references) | |
Italian | albero (arbor, mast, poplar, spindle, tree). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 鉱坑 (mine, pit), 軸 (axis, axle, stem), 立て坑 , 縦穴 (pit), 縦坑 , 樹幹 (trunk), 円柱 (column, cylinder), シャトル外交 (Chanel, chaperon, shadow, shadow cabinet, shadow pitching, shadow stripe, shadowboxing, shadowing, Shannon, shovel, shuttle diplomacy, soap, young women completely outfitted in Chanel clothing and accessories), 心棒 (axle), 心棒 (axle). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | たてこう, たてあな (pit), しんぼう (atrium, axle, careful, chamber of the heart, confidence, deeply laid plan, deliberate, endurance, patience, popularity, thoughtful), こうこう (baby chicken, brave, cruise, filial piety, great feudal lords, harbor entrance, higher technical school, incurable disease, mine, minehead, mouth cavity, pickled vegetables, pit, pithead, princes and marquises, senior high school, sexual union, surge, thefather of the current emperor, valiant, young and inexperienced person), シャフト , じゅかん (official Confucian teacher, trunk), じく (axis, axle, magnetic domain, stem, way of expression, wording, words and phrases), えんちゅう (column, cylinder). (various references) | |
Korean | 갱구. (various references) | |
Manx | towl (aperture, bore, bore of gun, boring, bung hole, burrow, cavity, crater, den, den of fox, earth, eyehole, hole, hollow, leak, penetration, perforation, port, pothole, vent, vent-hole, water supply), slogh (hollow, pit), side (arrow, bolt), rollian (axle tree, cylinder, penis, pulley, reel, roller, roulette, sheave, spindle whorl, spool, troll, whirler, whirler of thing), lhoo (pole, staff, thill), lauraghan (flail). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | aftshay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | fuste (bole, boll, trunk), eixo (axis, axle, center line, centre line, hub, kingpin, pivot, spindle). (various references) | |
Romanian | stâlp (adherent, backbone, column, pier, pilaster, pillar, pilot, post, prop, pylon, spile, staff, stake, stanchion, strut, stud, support, supporter, upholder), scânteiere (gleam, glisten, glitter, scintillation, sparkle), sãgeatã (arrow, lash, needle, Reed, sting), trunchi (block, frustrum, shank, stem, stock, stool, stub, stump, torso, trunk), razã (beam, brightness, brilliance, brilliancy, compass, gleam, radiation, radius, Ray), puţ (pit, well), osie (Arbor, axis, axle, axle tree, spindle), mâner (gripe, haft, handgrip, handle, helve, hilt, knob, lever, lug), fus (cone, hasp, journal, linchpin, mandrel, spindle, Trunnion), coloanã (column, javelin, page, pillar, puncheon, trunk), coadã (brush, handle, pigtail, queue, rear, shank, staff, stalk, stem, tail, trail, train, tress), cabinã de lift, ax (Arbor, axis, spindle), înţepãturã (jeer, jest, parting shot, prick, sting, twinge). (various references) | |
Russian | ствол (barrel, bole, stem, trunk), стержень (arm, bar, bolt, center, centre, core, peg, pivot, rod, scape, shank, spindle, stud), стебель (footstalk, pedicle, scape, shank, stalk, stem), ручка (arm, grip, haft, handle, holder, knob, lug, pen, penholder, pud, pud 1, stick, stock), шахта (coal pit, mine, pit), колонна (column, pillar, stanchion), копье (gad, glaive, spear), вал;шпиндель, вал (arbour, bank, barrel, billow, bulwark, rampart, roller, spindle, tree, wall), ось (axes, axis, axle, axletree, axle-tree, bolt, center, centre, kingbolt, spindle), древко (pikestaff, pikestaves, staff). (various references) | |
Scottish | cas (abrupt, curled, fire, foot, gnash the teeth, haft : casan, leg, oppose, passionate, paw, rash, steep, thwart, to close upon). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vratilo (axletree, beam, horizontal bar), ruda (kingbolt, limber, ore, thill), osovina (arbor, axis, axle, mandrel, spindle), okno, koplje (assegai, javelin, lance, pike, spear), držalje. (various references) | |
Spanish | pozo (cesspool, draw well, fountain, gantlet, gauntlet, hole, kike, mine, pit, pool, sink, well, wells), eje (axis, axle, axletree, hinge, hub, linchpin, pivot, spindle), árbol (arbor, tree). (various references) | |
Swedish | skaft (haft, handle, helve, leg, shank, stalk), schakt (excavation), axel (axis, axle, shoulder, spindle). (various references) | |
Thai | ถ่อด้วยคานไม้, ทางเดิน, กระทำอย่างไม่ยุติธรรม, ด้าม (holder). (various references) | |
Turkish | sap (butt, cauline, grip, haft, halm, handgrip, handhold, handle, haulm, helve, hilt, lug, nut, peduncle, scape, shank, stag, stalk, stem, stick, Stipe, stock), sütun (column, columnar, pillar, post, pylon, scape, stilt), ok sapı, mil (Arbor, axle, axle tree, cannon, gudgeon, mile, milliary, pin, pintle, pivot, probe, spindle, style, stylus, tree), mızrak (dart, javelin, lance, Pike, spear), kuyu (bore, coalpit, draw well, pit, well), hava bacası (air shaft, airway, upcast, upcast shaft, uptake), gönder (flagstaff, flagstick, pole), dingil (Arbor, axle, axle tree, spindle), bayrak direği (flagpole, flagstaff, flagstick, pole), baca (chimney, chimney stack, flue, funnel, pipe, smokestack, stack), şaft, araba oku (thill), aks (axle, axle tree), ışın (bar, beam, gleam, Ray, streak). (various references) | |
Turkmen | guяy (well). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стріла (arrow, dart), стовбур (body, bole, stem, trunk), рукоятка (brake, grasp, grip, gripe, hilt, lever, stale), голобля (limber, singletree), держак (haft, handgrip, handle, helve, holder). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | ngựa đóng vào trong càng xe (shaft-horse). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | puteus. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | sceaft. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 49, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai eqhken to stoma mou wsei macairan oxeian kai upo thn skephn thV ceiroV autou ekruyen me eqhken me wV beloV eklekton kai en th faretra autou eskepasen me |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Et posuit os meum quasi gladium acutum in umbra manus suae protexit me et posuit me sicut sagittam electam in faretra sua abscondit me |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | And he putte my mouth as a sharp swerd, in the shadewe of his hond he defendede me, and putte me as a chosen arwe; in his arwe cas he hidde me, |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shadow of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | And he hath made my mouth like a sharp sword; in the shade of his hand hath he hid me, and made me a polished shaft; in his quiver hath he hid me; |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | And he has made my mouth like a sharp sword, in the shade of his hand he has kept me; and he has made me like a polished arrow, keeping me in his secret place; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Isaiah Chapter 49, Verse 2 |
| Cebuano | Ug biyang gihimo ang akong baba nga sama sa usa ka mahait nga pinuti; diha sa landong sa iyang kamot iya akong gitagoan: ug iyang gihimo ako nga usa ka mahinlo nga udyong, sa iyang baslayan gitagoan niya ako nga tinakpan: |
| Croatian | Od usta mojih britak maè je naèinio, sakrio me u sjeni ruke svoje, od mene je oštru naèinio strijelu, sakrio me u svome tobolcu. |
| Danish | til et skarpt Sværd gjorde han min Mund og skjulte mig i Skyggen af sin Hånd, til en sleben Pil har han gjort mig og gemt mig i sit Kogger, |
| Dutch | En Hij heeft Mijn mond gemaakt als een scherp zwaard, onder de schaduw Zijner hand heeft Hij Mij bedekt; en Hij heeft Mij tot een zuiveren pijl gesteld, in Zijn pijlkoker heeft Hij Mij verborgen. |
| Finnish | Hän teki minun suuni terävän miekan kaltaiseksi, kätki minut kätensä varjoon; hän teki minut hiotuksi nuoleksi, talletti minut viineensä. |
| French | Il a rendu ma bouche semblable à un glaive tranchant, Il m`a couvert de l`ombre de sa main; Il a fait de moi une flèche aiguë, Il m`a caché dans son carquois. |
| German | und hat meinen Mund gemacht wie ein scharfes Schwert; mit dem Schatten seiner Hand hat er mich bedeckt; er hat mich zum glatten Pfeil gemacht und mich in seinen Köcher gesteckt |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Ia membuat kata-kataku setajam pedang, dengan tangan-Nya sendiri Ia melindungi aku. Ia menjadikan aku seperti anak panah yang terasah, dan menyimpannya dalam tabung supaya siap dipakai. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Maka dijadikan-Nya mulutku seperti pedang yang tajam, dinaungi-Nya aku dengan tangan-Nya dan dijadikan-Nya aku akan sebilah anak panah yang cemerlang, yang disembunyikan-Nya dalam tarkasy-Nya. |
| Italian | Ha reso la mia bocca come spada affilata, mi ha nascosto all'ombra della sua mano, mi ha reso freccia appuntita, mi ha riposto nella sua faretra. |
| Maori | A meinga iho e ia toku mangai hei hoari koi; huna ana ahau e ia ki te taumarumarunga iho o tona ringa; a meinga ana ahau e ia hei pere kua oti te oro; kuhua ana ahau e ia ki tana papa pere. |
| Norwegian | Han har gjort min munn til et skarpt sverd og skjult mig i sin hånds skygge; han har gjort mig til en blank pil og gjemt mig i sitt kogger. |
| Portuguese | e fez a minha boca qual espada aguda; na sombra da sua mão me escondeu; fez-me qual uma flecha polida, e me encobriu na sua aljava; |
| Rumanian | Mi -a fqcut gura ca o sabie ascuyitq, M`a acoperit cu umbra mknii Lui; wi M`a fqcut o sqgeatq ascuyitq, M`a ascuns kn tolba Lui cu sqgeyi, |
| Russian | Й УПДЕМБМ ХУФБ нПЙ ЛБЛ ПУФТЩК НЕЮ; ФЕОША ТХЛЙ уЧПЕК РПЛТЩЧБМ нЕОС, Й УПДЕМБМ нЕОС УФТЕМПА ЙЪПУФТЕООПА; Ч ЛПМЮБОЕ уЧПЕН ИТБОЙМ нЕОС; |
| Swedish | Och han gjorde min mun lik ett skarpt svärd och gömde mig under sin hands skugga; han gjorde mig till en vass pil och dolde mig i sitt koger. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "shaft": shafted, shafting, shaftings, shafts. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "shaft": camshaft, crankshaft, driveshaft, rockshaft, subshaft, turboshaft. (additional references) | |
Words containing "shaft": camshafts, crankshafts, driveshafts, rockshafts, subshafts, turboshafts. (additional references) | |
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"Shaft" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Ashaf, saft, sahafa, saht, Satfa, scaft, schaft, Schatt, shaat, shaf, shaff, Shaffi, shafte, Shaftoe, shafy, shagt, shaht, shait, Shakti, shant, shapt, shart, Shefc, sheffi, shefi, shieft, Shifa, shifta, shifto, shiftx, shoft, shuf, shuft, skaft, staft, Swatf, Tuhafut. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "shaft" (pronounced sha"ft) |
| 3 | -a" f t | aft, craft, daft, draft, draught, graft, haft, Kraft, laughed, raft, redraft, staffed. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: hafts. | |
| Words within the letters "a-f-h-s-t" | |
-1 letter: fash, fast, fats, haft, hast, hats. | |
-2 letters: aft, ash, fas, fat, has, hat, sat, sha, tas. | |
-3 letters: ah, as, at, fa, ha, sh, ta. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-f-h-s-t" | |
+1 letter: faiths, shafts. | |
+2 letters: batfish, catfish, fathers, fathoms, fattish, haffets, haffits, hafters, hatfuls, hatsful, ratfish, shafted. | |
+3 letters: camshaft, dayshift, faintish, farthest, fatheads, feathers, fishtail, flatfish, flattish, flatwash, fraughts, futharcs, futharks, ghastful, goatfish, haftaras, handfast, hasteful, haylofts, holdfast, misfaith, pooftahs, shafting, softhead, starfish, subshaft, toadfish, unfaiths. | |
+4 letters: affrights, batfishes, camshafts, catfights, catfishes, chaffiest, dayshifts, faithfuls, faithless, fanlights, farthings, firsthand, fishplate, fishtails, flashiest, flashtube, flatheads, footbaths, footpaths, forsythia, gearshift, haftarahs, haftorahs, halftimes, halftones, handfasts, headfirst, hoarfrost, holdfasts, hoofbeats, lightfast, makeshift, misfaiths, platyfish, ratfishes, rockshaft, safelight, shaftings, shamefast, shiftable, shortfall, softheads, soothfast, subshafts. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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