SHAFT Synonyms

• a long pointed rod used as a tool or weapon

• an implement with a shaft and barbed point used for catching fish

• pierce with a spear

• thrust up like a spear

• a portable .30 caliber automatic rifle operated by gas pressure and fed by cartridges from a magazine; used by United States troops in World War I and in World War II and in the Korean War

• a room or establishment where alcoholic drinks are served over a counter

• a counter where you can obtain food or drink

• a rigid piece of metal or wood; usually used as a fastening or obstruction or weapon

• musical notation for a repeating pattern of musical beats

• an obstruction (usually metal) placed at the top of a goal

• the act of preventing

• (meteorology) a unit of pressure equal to a million dynes per square centimeter

• a submerged (or partly submerged) ridge in a river or along a shore

• the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction

• a narrow marking of a different color or texture from the background

• a block of solid substance (such as soap or wax)

• a horizontal rod that serves as a support for gymnasts as they perform exercises

• a heating element in an electric fire

• (law) a railing that encloses the part of the courtroom where the judges and lawyers sit and the case is tried

• prevent from entering; keep out

• render unsuitable for passage

• expel, as if by official decree

• secure with, or as if with, bars

• a thin tapered rod used by a conductor to lead an orchestra or choir

• a short stout club used primarily by policemen

• a short staff carried by some officials to symbolize an office or an authority

• a hollow metal rod that is wielded or twirled by a drum major or drum majorette

• a hollow cylinder passed from runner to runner in a relay race

• a short personal letter

• lodging for military personnel (especially in a private home)

• provide housing for (military personnel)

• a fastener that is inserted into holes in two adjacent pieces and holds them together

• the person or thing chosen or selected

• the quantity of a crop that is harvested

• the best people or things in a group

• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

• a small thin device (of metal or plastic or ivory) used to pluck a stringed instrument

• a thin sharp implement used for removing unwanted material

• a heavy iron tool with a wooden handle and a curved head that is pointed on both ends

• a basketball maneuver; obstructing an opponent with one's body

• the act of choosing or selecting

• select carefully from a group

• look for and gather

• harass with constant criticism

• provoke

• remove in small bits

• remove unwanted substances from, such as feathers or pits

• pilfer or rob

• pay for something

• pull lightly but sharply with a plucking motion

• attack with or as if with a pickaxe of ice or rocky ground, for example

• hit lightly with a picking motion

• eat intermittently; take small bites of

• a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

• highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh

• a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)

• medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet

• any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere

• a stout length of sawn timber; made in a wide variety of sizes and used for many purposes

• an endorsed policy in the platform of a political party

• cover with planks

• set (something or oneself) down with or as if with a noise

• cook and serve on a plank

• a long (usually round) rod of wood or metal or plastic

• a native or inhabitant of Poland

• one of two divergent or mutually exclusive opinions

• a linear measure of 16.5 feet

• a square rod of land

• one of two points of intersection of the Earth's axis and the celestial sphere

• one of two antipodal points where the Earth's axis of rotation intersects the Earth's surface

• a contact on an electrical device (such as a battery) at which electric current enters or leaves

• a long fiberglass sports implement used for pole vaulting

• one of the two ends of a magnet where the magnetism seems to be concentrated

• propel with a pole

• support on poles

• deoxidize molten metals by stirring them with a wooden pole

• a long thin implement made of metal or wood

• any rod-shaped bacterium

• a linear measure of 16.5 feet

• a square rod of land

• a visual receptor cell that is sensitive to dim light

• a gangster's pistol

• a cut of meat (beef or veal or mutton or lamb) from the upper part of the leg

• the part of the human leg between the knee and the ankle

• cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

• cylinder forming the part of a bolt between the thread and the head

• cylinder forming the part of a bit by which it is held in the drill

• the narrow part of the shoe connecting the heel and the wide part of the sole

• lower part of the leg extending from the hock to the fetlock in hoofed mammals

• a poor golf stroke in which the heel of the club hits the ball

• hit (a golf ball) with the heel of a club, causing the ball to veer in the wrong direction

• a transient variation in voltage or current

• sports equipment consisting of a sharp point on the sole of a shoe worn by athletes

• fruiting spike of a cereal plant especially corn

• (botany) an indeterminate inflorescence bearing sessile flowers on an unbranched axis

• a sharp rise followed by a sharp decline

• a very high narrow heel on women's shoes

• each of the sharp points on the soles of athletic shoes to prevent slipping (or the shoes themselves)

• a sharp-pointed projection along the top of a fence or wall (or a dinosaur)

• a long, thin sharp-pointed implement (wood or metal)

• any holding device consisting of a rigid, sharp-pointed object

• a large stout nail

• stand in the way of

• pierce with a sharp stake or point

• secure with spikes

• bring forth a spike or spikes

• add alcohol to (beverages)

• manifest a sharp increase

• personnel who assist their superior in carrying out an assigned task

• a strong rod or stick with a specialized utilitarian purpose

• the body of teachers and administrators at a school

• building material consisting of plaster and hair; used to cover external surfaces of temporary structure (as at an exposition) or for decoration

• a rod carried as a symbol

• (music) the system of five horizontal lines on which the musical notes are written

• provide with staff

• serve on the staff of

• (linguistics) the form of a word after all affixes are removed

• a slender or elongated structure that supports a plant or fungus or a plant part or plant organ

• cylinder forming a long narrow part of something

• the tube of a tobacco pipe

• front part of a vessel or aircraft

• a turn made in skiing; the back of one ski is forced outward and the other ski is brought parallel to it

• grow out of, have roots in, originate in

• cause to point inward

• stop the flow of a liquid

• remove the stem from

• an implement consisting of a length of wood

• a small thin branch of a tree

• a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane

• a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine

• informal terms for the leg

• a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball

• a long thin implement resembling a length of wood

• marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking

• threat of a penalty

• put, fix, force, or implant

• stay put (in a certain place)

• stick to firmly

• be or become fixed

• endure

• be a devoted follower or supporter

• be loyal to

• cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface

• fasten with an adhesive material like glue

• fasten with or as with pins or nails

• fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something

• pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument

• pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed

• come or be in close contact with; stick or hold together and resist separation

• saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous

• be a mystery or bewildering to

• a short stout club used primarily by policemen

• an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect

• the pointed part of barbed wire

• a subsidiary point facing opposite from the main point that makes an arrowhead or spear hard to remove

• one of the parallel filaments projecting from the main shaft of a feather

• provide with barbs

• a genus of Sparidae, containing porgies (Calamus)

• any tropical Asian palm of the genus Calamus; light tough stems are a source of rattan canes

• the aromatic root of the sweet flag used medicinally

• perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots

• the hollow spine of a feather

• weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

• weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

• someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• a deception for profit to yourself

• deprive somebody of something by deceit

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

• be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage