HyperDic is a hyper-dictionary based on WordNet 2.1. This version links 147,249 word forms.
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| Shopping | The largest selection of SHAFT products: USA, UK, Canada, Deutschland, France. |
| TV Shop | As seen on TV: beauty, diets, exercise, household, kitchen, personal, vitamins, and other popular TV-products. |
| Sounds | shae'ft |
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| Rhymes | aft, aircraft, antiaircraft, and 26 more rhymes in aeft... |
| Meaning | A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer. |
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| Part of | arrow, pointer |
| Broader | line |
| Meaning | An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect. |
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| Examples | "she threw shafts of sarcasm" |
| Synonyms | shot, slam, dig, barb, jibe, gibe |
| Broader | remark, comment |
| Narrower | cheap shot |
| Meaning | A long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow). |
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| Broader | rod |
| Narrower | axle; thill |
| Meaning | A column of light (as from a beacon). |
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| Synonyms | beam, beam of light, light beam, ray, ray of light, shaft of light, irradiation |
| Broader | light, visible light, visible radiation |
| Narrower | heat ray; high beam; moonbeam, moon ray, moon-ray; sunbeam, sunray; laser beam; low beam |
| Meaning | The main (mid) section of a long bone. |
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| Synonyms | diaphysis |
| Broader | long bone, os longum |
| Meaning | Obscene terms for penis. |
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| Synonyms | cock, prick, dick, pecker, peter, tool, putz |
| Usage | obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word |
| Broader | penis, phallus, member |
| Meaning | A long pointed rod used as a weapon. |
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| Synonyms | spear, lance |
| Parts | barb; spearhead, spearpoint, spear-point |
| Broader | weapon, arm, weapon system |
| Narrower | assegai, assagai; javelin; trident |
| Meaning | A vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator). |
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| Part of | building, edifice |
| Broader | passageway |
| Narrower | elevator shaft; ventilation shaft; well |
| Meaning | (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column. |
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| Synonyms | scape |
| Part of | column, pillar |
| Category | architecture |
| Broader | upright, vertical |
| Verbs | shaft |
| Meaning | A vertical passage into a mine. |
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| Part of | mine |
| Broader | passage |
| Narrower | air shaft, air well; downcast |
| Meaning | A revolving rod that transmits power or motion. |
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| Synonyms | rotating shaft |
| Part of | rotating mechanism |
| Broader | rod |
| Narrower | camshaft; crankshaft; driveshaft; spindle, mandrel, mandril, arbor; transmission shaft |
| Meaning | The hollow spine of a feather. |
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| Synonyms | quill, calamus |
| Part of | feather, plume, plumage |
| Broader | rib |
| Meaning | Equip with a shaft. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Broader | equip, fit, fit out, outfit |
| Nouns | shaft |
| Meaning | Defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s something |
| Synonyms | cheat, chouse, screw, chicane, jockey |
| Broader | beat, beat out, crush, shell, trounce, vanquish |
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