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"she threw shafts of sarcasm"nounan aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect
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nounthe hollow spine of a feather
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nouna revolving rod that transmits power or motion
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verbdefeat someone through trickery or deceit
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nounthe main (mid) section of a long bone
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noun(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
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nounobscene terms for penis
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nouna long pointed rod used as a tool or weapontype of:
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nouna line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
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nouna long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)type of:
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nouna long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel
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nouna vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)type of:
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verbequip with a shaft
Definition that contains shaft
- well a deep hole or shaft dug or drilled to obtain water or oil or gas or brine
- well an open shaft through the floors of a building (as for a stairway)
- lift lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- wood a golf club with a long shaft used to hit long shots; originally made with a wooden head
- wheel a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines)
- belt endless loop of flexible material between two rotating shafts or pulleys
- elevator lifting device consisting of a platform or cage that is raised and lowered mechanically in a vertical shaft in order to move people from one floor to another in a building
- gig an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish
- pin axis consisting of a short shaft that supports something that turns
- web the flattened weblike part of a feather consisting of a series of barbs on either side of the shaft