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Axis

A straight line about which a body or geometric object rotates or may be conceived to rotate.
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Shaft

The long narrow stem or body of a spear or arrow.
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Axis

An unlimited line, half-line, or line segment serving to orient a space or a geometric object, especially a line about which the object is symmetric.
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Shaft

A spear or arrow.
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Axis

A reference line from which distances or angles are measured in a coordinate system.
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Shaft

The handle of any of various tools or implements.
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Axis

A center line to which parts of a structure or body may be referred.
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Shaft

One of two parallel poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle.
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Axis

An imaginary line to which elements of a work of art, such as a picture, are referred for measurement or symmetry.
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Shaft

A long, generally cylindrical bar that rotates and transmits power, as the drive shaft of an engine.
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Axis

The second cervical vertebra on which the head turns.
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Shaft

(Zoology) The main axis of a feather, especially its distal portion.
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Axis

Any of various central structures, such as the spinal column, or standard abstract lines used as a positional referent.
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Shaft

The midsection of a long bone; the diaphysis.
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Axis

(Botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged.
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Shaft

The section of a hair projecting from the surface of the body.
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Axis

One of three mutually perpendicular lines that define the orientation of an aircraft, with one being along its direction of travel and the other two being perpendicular to the direction of travel.
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Shaft

The body of the clitoris, extending from the root to the glans.
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Axis

A line through the optical center of a lens that is perpendicular to both its surfaces.
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Shaft

The body of the penis, extending from the root to the glans.
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Axis

One of three or four imaginary lines used to define the faces of a crystal and the position of its atoms.
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Shaft

A column or obelisk.
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Axis

An alliance of powers, such as nations, to promote mutual interests and policies.
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Shaft

The principal portion of a column, between the capital and the base.
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Axis

Axis The alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936, later including Japan and other nations, that opposed the Allies in World War II.
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Shaft

A ray or beam of light.
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Axis

(geometry) An imaginary line around which an object spins (an axis of rotation) or is symmetrically arranged (an axis of symmetry).
The Earth rotates once a day on its axis
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Shaft

A bolt of lightning.
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Axis

(mathematics) A fixed one-dimensional figure, such as a line or arc, with an origin and orientation and such that its points are in one-to-one correspondence with a set of numbers; an axis forms part of the basis of a space or is used to position and locate data in a graph (a coordinate axis)
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Shaft

A long, narrow, often vertical passage sunk into the earth, as for mining ore; a tunnel.
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Axis

(skeleton) The second cervical vertebra of the spine
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Shaft

A vertical passage housing an elevator.
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Axis

(anatomy) An imaginary, visualized plane separating two morphologically similar parts of an organism
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Shaft

A duct or conduit for the passage of air, as for ventilation or heating.
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Axis

(psychiatry) A form of classification and descriptions of mental disorders or disabilities used in manuals such as the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders)
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Shaft

The upright portion of a boot that covers the leg.
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Axis

(botany) The main stem or central part about which organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
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Shaft

A scornful or sarcastic remark; a barb.
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Axis

(military) An alliance or coalition.
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Shaft

(Slang) Harsh, unfair treatment. Often used with the
The management gave the unions the shaft.
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Axis

A deer native to Asia, of species Axis axis.
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Shaft

Vulgar Slang A penis.
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Axis

The spotted deer (Cervus axis or Axis maculata) of India, where it is called hog deer and parrah (Moorish name).
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Shaft

To equip with a shaft.
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Axis

A straight line, real or imaginary, passing through a body, on which it revolves, or may be supposed to revolve; a line passing through a body or system around which the parts are symmetrically arranged.
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Shaft

(Slang) To treat in a harsh, unfair way
"He had been shafted by the press quite a bit" (Frank Deford).
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Axis

A straight line with respect to which the different parts of a magnitude are symmetrically arranged; as, the axis of a cylinder, i. e., the axis of a cone, that is, the straight line joining the vertex and the center of the base; the axis of a circle, any straight line passing through the center.
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Shaft

(Slang) To penetrate (someone) sexually.
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Axis

The stem; the central part, or longitudinal support, on which organs or parts are arranged; the central line of any body.
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Shaft

(obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow.
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Axis

The second vertebra of the neck, or vertebra dentata.
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Shaft

The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
Her hand slipped off the javelin's shaft towards the spearpoint and that's why her score was lowered.
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Axis

One of several imaginary lines, assumed in describing the position of the planes by which a crystal is bounded.
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Shaft

(by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin.
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Axis

The primary or secondary central line of any design.
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Shaft

Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive, an axle, etc.
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Axis

A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
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Shaft

A beam or ray of light.
Isn't that shaft of light from that opening in the cave beautiful?
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Axis

The center around which something rotates
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Shaft

The main axis of a feather.
I had no idea that they removed the feathers' shafts to make the pillows softer!
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Axis

The main stem or central part about which plant organs or plant parts such as branches are arranged
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Shaft

(lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.
Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!
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Axis

In World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations;
The Axis opposed the Allies in World War II
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Shaft

A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine
Your grandfather used to work with a crane hauling ore out of the gold mine's shafts.
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Axis

A group of countries in special alliance
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Shaft

A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.
Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft.
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Axis

The 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head
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Shaft

A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.
Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft.
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Shaft

(architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal.
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Shaft

The main cylindrical part of the penis.
The female labia minora is homologous to the penis shaft skin of males.
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Shaft

The chamber of a blast furnace.
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Shaft

(weather) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area.
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Shaft

To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.
Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that.
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Shaft

(transitive) To equip with a shaft.
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Shaft

To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.
Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend.
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Shaft

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.
His sleep, his meat, his drink, is him bereft,That lean he wax, and dry as is a shaft.
A shaft hath three principal parts, the stele [stale], the feathers, and the head.
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Shaft

The long handle of a spear or similar weapon; hence, the weapon itself; (Fig.) anything regarded as a shaft to be thrown or darted; as, shafts of light.
And the thunder,Winged with red lightning and impetuous rage,Perhaps hath spent his shafts.
Some kinds of literary pursuits . . . have been attacked with all the shafts of ridicule.
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Shaft

That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.
Thou shalt make a candlestick of pure gold . . . his shaft, and his branches, his bowls, his knops, and his flowers, shall be of the same.
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Shaft

The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.
Bid time and nature gently spareThe shaft we raise to thee.
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Shaft

A humming bird (Thaumastura cora) having two of the tail feathers next to the middle ones very long in the male; - called also cora humming bird.
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Shaft

A rod at the end of a heddle.
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Shaft

A well-like excavation in the earth, perpendicular or nearly so, made for reaching and raising ore, for raising water, etc.
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Shaft

A long passage for the admission or outlet of air; an air shaft.
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Shaft

The chamber of a blast furnace.
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Shaft

A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer
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Shaft

An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;
His parting shot was `drop dead'
She threw shafts of sarcasm
She takes a dig at me every chance she gets
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Shaft

A long rod or pole (especially the handle of an implement or the body of a weapon like a spear or arrow)
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Shaft

A column of light (as from a beacon)
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Shaft

The main (mid) section of a long bone
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Shaft

Obscene terms for penis
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Shaft

A long pointed rod used as a weapon
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Shaft

A vertical passageway through a building (as for an elevator)
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Shaft

(architecture) upright consisting of the vertical part of a column
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Shaft

A vertical passage into a mine
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Shaft

A revolving rod that transmits power or motion
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Shaft

The hollow shaft of a feather
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Shaft

Equip with a shaft
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Shaft

Defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit
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