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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'shaft' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions shaft noun  the long narrow body of a spear or arrow a beam or ray of light 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 drive shaft of an engine the main axis of a feather (lacrosse) the long narrow body of a lacrosse stick a long narrow passage sunk into the earth, for mining etc a vertical passage housing a lift or elevator a ventilation or heating conduit a malicious act, as in "to give someone the shaft" Translations:  Etymology: sceaft, from Germanic skaftaz. Cognate with Dutch schaft, German Schaft, Swedish skaft.        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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