Shaft vs. Tree — What's the Difference?

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

In botany, a tree is a perennial plant with an elongated stem, or trunk, supporting branches and leaves in most species. In some usages, the definition of a tree may be narrower, including only wood plants with secondary growth, plants that are usable as lumber or plants above a specified height.

A spear or arrow.

A woody perennial plant, typically having a single stem or trunk growing to a considerable height and bearing lateral branches at some distance from the ground.

The handle of any of various tools or implements.

A wooden structure or part of a structure.

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

A thing that has a branching structure resembling that of a tree.

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

Force (a hunted animal) to take refuge in a tree.

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

(of an area) planted with trees

The midsection of a long bone; the diaphysis.

A perennial woody plant having a main trunk and usually a distinct crown.

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

An herbaceous plant or shrub resembling a tree in form or size.

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

Something that resembles a tree in form, especially a diagram or arrangement that has branches showing relationships of hierarchy or lineage.

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

(Computers) A structure for organizing or classifying data in which every item can be traced to a single origin through a unique path.

A column or obelisk.

A wooden beam, post, stake, or bar used as part of a framework or structure.

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

A saddletree.

A ray or beam of light.

A gallows.

A bolt of lightning.

The cross on which Jesus was crucified.

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

To force up a tree

A vertical passage housing an elevator.

(Informal) To force into a difficult position; corner

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

To supply or cover with trees

The upright portion of a boot that covers the leg.

A perennial woody plant, not exactly defined, but differentiated from a shrub by its larger size (typically over a few meters in height) or growth habit, usually having a single (or few) main axis or trunk unbranched for some distance above the ground and a head of branches and foliage.

A scornful or sarcastic remark; a barb.

Any plant that is reminiscent of the above but not classified as a tree (in any botanical sense).

(Slang) Harsh, unfair treatment. Often used with the

An object made from a tree trunk and having multiple hooks or storage platforms.

Vulgar Slang A penis.

A device used to hold or stretch a shoe open.

To equip with a shaft.

The structural frame of a saddle.

(Slang) To treat in a harsh, unfair way

(graph theory) A connected graph with no cycles or, if the graph is finite, equivalently a connected graph with n vertices and n−1 edges.

(Slang) To penetrate (someone) sexually.

(computing theory) A recursive data structure in which each node has zero or more nodes as children.

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

(graphical user interface) A display or listing of entries or elements such that there are primary and secondary entries shown, usually linked by drawn lines or by indenting to the right.

The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.

Any structure or construct having branches representing divergence or possible choices.

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

The structure or wooden frame used in the construction of a saddle used in horse riding.

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.

Marijuana.

A beam or ray of light.

(obsolete) A cross or gallows.

The main axis of a feather.

(chemistry) A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution.

(lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick.

(cartomancy) The fifth Lenormand card.

A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine

(transitive) To chase (an animal or person) up a tree.

A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft.

(transitive) To place in a tree.

A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct.

(transitive) To place upon a tree; to fit with a tree; to stretch upon a tree.

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

(intransitive) To take refuge in a tree.

The main cylindrical part of the penis.

Any perennial woody plant of considerable size (usually over twenty feet high) and growing with a single trunk.

The chamber of a blast furnace.

Something constructed in the form of, or considered as resembling, a tree, consisting of a stem, or stock, and branches; as, a genealogical tree.

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

A piece of timber, or something commonly made of timber; - used in composition, as in axletree, boottree, chesstree, crosstree, whiffletree, and the like.

To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery.

A cross or gallows; as Tyburn tree.

(transitive) To equip with a shaft.

Wood; timber.

To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with.

A mass of crystals, aggregated in arborescent forms, obtained by precipitation of a metal from solution. See Lead tree, under Lead.

The slender, smooth stem of an arrow; hence, an arrow.

To drive to a tree; to cause to ascend a tree; as, a dog trees a squirrel.

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.

A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms

That which resembles in some degree the stem or handle of an arrow or a spear; a long, slender part, especially when cylindrical.

A figure that branches from a single root;

The handle or helve of certain tools, instruments, etc., as a hammer, a whip, etc.

English actor and theatrical producer noted for his lavish productions of Shakespeare (1853-1917)

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.

Chase a bear up a tree with dogs and kill it

A rod at the end of a heddle.

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

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

The chamber of a blast furnace.

A line that forms the length of an arrow pointer

An aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect;

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

A column of light (as from a beacon)

The main (mid) section of a long bone

Obscene terms for penis

A long pointed rod used as a weapon

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

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

A vertical passage into a mine

A revolving rod that transmits power or motion

The hollow shaft of a feather

Equip with a shaft

Defeat someone in an expectation through trickery or deceit