Definition of "shaft" in английский

noun

1. (obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.

2. The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.

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

3. (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.

4. Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool.

5. (literary) A beam or ray of light.

   • Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?

6. The main axis of a feather.

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

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

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

8. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.

   • Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft.

9. A ventilation or heating conduit.

   • Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft.

10. (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.

11. (anatomy) The main cylindrical part of the penis.

    • The female labia minora is homologous to the penis shaft skin of males.

12. The chamber of a blast furnace.

13. (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.

14. (weaving) A component of a loom which holds the heddles and is raised by treadles to create the shed.

15. (slang) An act of sexual intercourse.

    • I sat on the sofa, got up, changed channels and doubted there'd be time to have a quick shaft and feign an orgasm today.

verb

1. (transitive, slang) To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.

   • Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that.

2. (transitive) To equip with a shaft.

3. (transitive, slang) To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

   • Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend.