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1. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
Synonyms
- barb
- dig
- comment
- jibe
- cheap shot
- remark
- input
- gibe
- shot
Antonyms
- defeat
- open
- differ
- disagree
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Rhymes with Rotating Shaft
- redraft
- staffed
- kraft
- krafft
- graft
- draught
- draft
- craft
- taft
- raft
- laughed
- daft
- calfed
2. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a line that forms the length of an arrow pointer.
Synonyms
- line
- pointer
Antonyms
- ride
- nonmember
- walk
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow).
Synonyms
- rod
- thill
Antonyms
- chaste
- fatty
- well
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] the hollow spine of a feather.
Synonyms
- quill
- feather
- plume
- plumage
- calamus
Antonyms
- bright
- dull
- dullness
- light
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon.
Synonyms
- barb
- trident
- spearhead
- spearpoint
- weapon
- spear
- lance
- assagai
- spear-point
- javelin
- assegai
- arm
Antonyms
- stay in place
- close
- disarm
- lose
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
6. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] (architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column.
Synonyms
- vertical
- column
- pillar
- scape
Antonyms
- significant
- intemperate
- compact
- indigestible
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
7. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator).
Synonyms
- edifice
- passageway
- ventilation shaft
- elevator shaft
- building
Antonyms
- heavy-duty
- thick
- absorb
- follower
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
8. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a column of light (as from a beacon).
Synonyms
- visible radiation
- low beam
- light beam
- sunbeam
- high beam
- ray of light
- light
- shaft of light
- laser beam
- heat ray
- visible light
- beam
- moon-ray
- beam of light
- sunray
- irradiation
- moon ray
- ray
Antonyms
- uncover
- underdress
- dress down
- dirty
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
9. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a revolving rod that transmits power or motion.
Synonyms
- mandril
- arbor
- transmission shaft
- crankshaft
- driveshaft
- mandrel
- spindle
- rotating mechanism
- rod
- camshaft
Antonyms
- darken
- ascend
- rise
- heavy
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
10. shaft
noun. ['ˈʃæft'] a long vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for a mine or tunnel.
Synonyms
- downcast
- tunnel
- air shaft
- mine
- passage
Antonyms
- sufficient
- stressed
- heavy-footed
- deep
Etymology
- sceaft (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
Sentences with rotating-shaft
1. Noun Phrase
The crankshaft, the main rotating shaft in the engine, converts the linear oscillations of the pistons into rotary motion.