shaft

IPA: ʃˈæft

(obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
(by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.
A beam or ray of light.
The main axis of a feather.
(lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine
A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
(architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
The main cylindrical part of the penis.
The chamber of a blast furnace.
(meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.

(transitive, slang) To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
(transitive) To equip with a shaft.
(transitive, slang) To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

Examples of "shaft" in Sentences

Officials say the drill making an escape shaft is within days of reaching the men.
Make sure the shaft is clean (they sell a cleaner also that you can dip the shafts in).
The Fortrex comes in shaft lengths to 62 inches; 80 or 101 pounds of thrust; 24 - or 36-volt only.
The officials say a drill boring the rescue shaft is now within 100 meters of where the miners are located.
Still, there was one break-out indie film this year we're surprised got the shaft from the Academy: "(500) Days of Summer."
Once the shaft is completed and has been fitted with the proper equipment, the men are to be brought up one at a time in a metal capsule.
We don't know if we're going down to the ground floor or to the basement or whether the entire lift shaft is empty and we're plunging to our doom.
The arrangement may be called an electric clutch, that may be arranged in many ways, and the detail of its action is unimportant in description, so that it be borne in mind that _each time a notch is passed in turning the shaft by drawing upon or relaxing the cords attached to the pencil-point_, an impulse of electricity is sent to an electro-magnet and armature which allows _a corresponding wheel and its shaft to turn one notch, or as many notches, as are passed at the transmitting shaft_.