shaft

1. 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.

2. (broadly)Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.

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

   One of the poles between which a draught animal is harnessed to a vehicle.

   Deichsel

4. A rotating machine element used to transmit power; a driveshaft

5. The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.

   Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!

   Schaft

   черено́кčerenók, рукоя́ткаrukojátka, дре́вкоdrévko

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

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

   Strahl

   лучluč

   a column of light (as from a beacon)

7. The main axis of a feather.

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

   Federkiel, Kiel

   сте́рженьstérženʹ

   the hollow spine of a feather

8. 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.

   Schacht

   ша́хтаšáxta

   a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel

9. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator.

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

   Schacht

   ша́хтаšáxta

   ша́хтаšáxta

   a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)

10. A ventilation or heating conduit.

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

    Schacht

    ша́хтаšáxta

11. Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.

12. The main cylindrical part of the penis.

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

    Schaft

    стволstvol

    obscene terms for penis

1. Tom fell down the mine shaft.

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2. This shaft links with a piston.

   deDie Welle ist mit einem Kolben verbunden.

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3. Tom fell down an elevator shaft.

   ruТом упал в шахту лифта.

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4. Ziri fell into a mine shaft.

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5. Ziri finally found the mine shaft.

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