shaft

Definition:
1. A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer.
2. An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect.
3. A long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow.
4. A column of light (as from a beacon.
5. The main (mid) section of a long bone.

Use 'shaft' in a sentence:

• 1. It is the business end of a deadly weapon; a spear - the shaft, of course, is long gone.
• 2. Single shaft economy slitter handles most materials including vinyl, plastic films, non-woven s, foams and paper.
• 3. It consists of shafts, culverts, channel and flood dam ( a small reservoir) composed of four parts.
• 4. A residue can build up on the hair shaft, leaving the hair limp and dull looking.
• 5. He sought out the spot where the scarf was caught on the brush shaft and began cutting it.
• 6. And if you have any luck, maybe you'll fall down the elevator shaft and break your neck too.
• 7. A worker was decapitated when a lift plummeted down the shaft on top of him.
• 8. Years before, men had dug the mine shaft straight back into the mountain.
• 9. I look for a shaft of light through the clouds.
• 10. The last part is the shaft and this is the hair which is above the skin and is, of course, what we can see.
• 11. The equipment was taken down the shaft in pieces.
• 12. Attenuation, Scattering, Modeling water surface, Light shafts, Caustics.
• 13. His spear shaft was like a weaver's rod, and its iron point weighed six hundred shekels.
• 14. The shaft of the ceremonial mace is the whorled tusk of a narwhal, a small Arctic whale. The door handles are of walrus tusk.
• 15. Remove a shaft nut and washer.
• 16. He handed over the arrow shaft to the general and said: "It's done. Please give me my pay."
• 17. RUGGEDNESS. Automotive ring gear differential. Axle shafts on roller bearings.
• 18. Research on Axial and Radial Force Testing Technology of Pump Shaft.
• 19. The rotor is connected to the main shaft, which spins a generator to create electricity.
• 20. He deliberately jerked the shafts to rock him a bit.
• 21. The prop shaft vibrated like mad and shook the exhaust mounting loose.
• 22. A shaft sunk inside a tunnel is called a winze.
• 23. Based on Systems Engineering to Optimize Design of Shaft Drainage.
• 24. Shafts of fear ran through her as she heard footsteps behind her.
• 25. There was a family of cats on the rooftop there, making their home in the ventilation shaft.
• 26. In the center of each gallery is a ventilation shaft, bounded by a low railing.
• 27. At the base of a deep shaft six metres below the modern streets a wooden structure was revealed.
• 28. The shaft inclines almost 30 degrees.
• 29. Shafts were sunk, with tunnels dug laterally.
• 30. One of the shapes MOVES toward them, emerging into a shaft of sunlight.
• 31. Application and comparison of two different method for humeral shaft fractures.
• 32. C She got the gold mine, he got the shaft.
• 33. The first shaft was built in 1947. That time gypsum was transported only with a wagon.
• 34. These towers, or "blades," pinwheel about a triangular central shaft that holds elevators and mechanical equipment.
• 35. He is like a moonbeam like a shaft of silver.
• 36. Research on information input method of shaft parts for CAPP system.
• 37. As you can see, along the length of the hair, there are three main parts called the bulb, the root and the shaft.
• 38. The next step is to test the strength of the shaft.
• 39. This paper analyses the piston effect problem in dellling shaft sinking method and its detriments.
• 40. The wind spins the blades, which turn a shaft connected to a generator that produces electricity.
• 41. A crew was sent down the shaft to close it off and bail out all the water.
• 42. This paper presents main parameters of improved inclined shaft lifting system.
• 43. The shaft of the turbine is coupled to the rotor of the generator.
• 44. He was wounded by a shaft.
• 45. They can break the brush head off and sharpen the shaft in seconds.
• 46. The depth of the shaft is 520 yards.
• 47. Usually in gyro designs the shaft member tends to run hotter than the outer member.
• 48. The spade and fork have longer shafts, providing better leverage.
• 49. He was found dead at the bottom of a lift shaft.
• 50. The fire began in a lift shaft and spread to the roof.
• 51. A shaft of moonlight fell on the lake.
• 52. Shafts of sunlight pierced the heavy mist.
• 53. A brilliant shaft of sunlight burst through the doorway.
• 54. A piston links to a drive shaft by means of a connecting rod.