All shaft synonyms
shaft
S s noun shaft
- dart β If a person or animal darts somewhere, they move there suddenly and quickly.
- downs β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- doorway β the passage or opening into a building, room, etc., commonly closed and opened by a door; portal.
- neck β the part of the body of an animal or human being that connects the head and the trunk.
- incandescence β the emission of visible light by a body, caused by its high temperature. Compare luminescence.
- cursor β On a computer screen, the cursor is a small shape that indicates where anything that is typed by the user will appear.
- mine β an excavation made in the earth for the purpose of extracting ores, coal, precious stones, etc.
- dartle β to move swiftly and repeatedly
- newel β newel post.
- body β Your body is all your physical parts, including your head, arms, and legs.
- minaret β a lofty, often slender, tower or turret attached to a mosque, surrounded by or furnished with one or more balconies, from which the muezzin calls the people to prayer.
- colliery β A colliery is a coal mine and all the buildings and equipment which are connected with it.
- cairn β A cairn is a pile of stones which marks a boundary, a route across rough ground, or the top of a mountain. A cairn is sometimes also built in memory of someone.
- foramen β an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- flagpole β a staff or pole on which a flag is or can be displayed.
- cock β A man's cock is his penis.
- cross-cut β made or used for cutting crosswise.
- axis β An axis is an imaginary line through the middle of something.
- bar β A bar is a place where you can buy and drink alcoholic drinks.
- mineshaft β A vertical hole, sunk down through the strata to reach the mineral which was to be mined.
- keyhole β a hole for inserting a key in a lock, especially one in the shape of a circle with a rectangle having a width smaller than the diameter of the circle projecting from the bottom.
- cairns β a port in NE Australia, in Queensland. Pop: 98 981 (2001)
- axle β An axle is a rod connecting a pair of wheels on a car or other vehicle.
- foramina β an opening, orifice, or short passage, as in a bone or in the integument of the ovule of a plant.
- moonbeam β a ray of moonlight.
- beam β If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
- alleyway β An alleyway is the same as an alley.
- flue β a fishing net.
- beefcake β Attractive men with large muscles can be referred to as beefcake.
- lintel β a horizontal architectural member supporting the weight above an opening, as a window or a door.
- fulcra β the support, or point of rest, on which a lever turns in moving a body.
- rachis β Botany. the axis of an inflorescence when somewhat elongated, as in a raceme. (in a pinnately compound leaf or frond) the prolongation of the petiole along which the leaflets are disposed. any of various axial structures.
- hole in the wall β an opening through something; gap; aperture: a hole in the roof; a hole in my sock.
- flagstaff β flagpole.
- obelisk β a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex.
- chute β A chute is a steep, narrow slope down which people or things can slide.
- leg β either of the two lower limbs of a biped, as a human being, or any of the paired limbs of an animal, arthropod, etc., that support and move the body.
verb shaft
- doublecross β To betray someone by leading them into trap after having gained their trust and led them to believe that they were actually being aided.
- misdirect β to direct or address wrongly or incorrectly: to misdirect a person; to misdirect a letter.
- hosed β a flexible tube for conveying a liquid, as water, to a desired point: a garden hose; a fire hose.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- beat around the bush β to talk around a subject without getting to the point
- chicane β a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- misguide β to guide wrongly; misdirect.
- fast talk β to persuade with facile argument, usually with the intention to deceive or to overwhelm rational objections: The salesperson tried to fast-talk me into buying a suit I didn't want.
- fleece β the coat of wool that covers a sheep or a similar animal.
- caboodle β a lot, bunch, or group (esp in the phrases the whole caboodle, the whole kit and caboodle)
- misdirected β Simple past tense and past participle of misdirect.
- double-deal β to practice double-dealing.