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shafted

shaft
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [shaft, shahft]
    • /ʃæft, ʃɑft/
    • /ʃɑːft/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shaft, shahft]
    • /ʃæft, ʃɑft/

Definitions of shafted word

  • noun shafted a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows. 1
  • noun shafted something directed or barbed as in sharp attack: shafts of sarcasm. 1
  • noun shafted a ray or beam: a shaft of sunlight. 1
  • noun shafted a long, comparatively straight handle serving as an important or balancing part of an implement or device, as of a hammer, ax, golf club, or other implement. 1
  • noun shafted Machinery. a rotating or oscillating round, straight bar for transmitting motion and torque, usually supported on bearings and carrying gears, wheels, or the like, as a propeller shaft on a ship, or a drive shaft of an engine. 1
  • noun shafted a flagpole. 1

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Origin of shafted

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English sceaft; cognate with German Schaft; compare Latin scāpus shaft, Greek skêptron scepter

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Parts of speech for Shafted

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

shafted popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 97% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for shafted

noun shafted

  • arrowed — having an arrow pattern or wearing clothing with an arrow pattern
  • cantilevered — A cantilevered structure is constructed using cantilevers.
  • cursored — Simple past tense and past participle of cursor.
  • darted — a small, slender missile that is pointed at one end and usually feathered at the other and is propelled by hand, as in the game of darts, or by a blowgun when used as a weapon.
  • lathed — a thin, narrow strip of wood, used with other strips to form latticework, a backing for plaster or stucco, a support for slates and other roofing materials, etc.

verb shafted

  • chicaned — Simple past tense and past participle of chicane.
  • choused — Simple past tense and past participle of chouse.
  • jived — swing music or early jazz.
  • welshed — to cheat by failing to pay a gambling debt: You aren't going to welsh on me, are you?

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