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shaft

გამოთქმა: /ʃɑːft/

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Universal
  • 1a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar:the shaft of a golf club the shaft of a feather
  • an arrow or spear.
  • a column, especially the main part between the base and capital.
  • a long cylindrical rotating rod for the transmission of motive power in a machine.
  • each of the pair of poles between which a horse is harnessed to a vehicle: the shafts of a horse-drawn wagon
  • 2a ray of light or bolt of lightning:a shaft of sunlight
  • a sudden flash of a quality or feeling:a shaft of inspiration
  • a remark intended to be witty, wounding, or provoking:he directs his shafts against her
  • 3a long, narrow, typically vertical hole that gives access to a mine, accommodates a lift in a building, or provides ventilation.
  • 4 vulgar slang a man’s penis.
  • (the shaft) North American informal harsh or unfair treatment:the executives continue to raise their pay while the workers get the shaft

ზმნა

Universal
  • 1 [no object, with adverbial of direction] (of light) shine in beams:brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight
  • 2 [with object] vulgar slang (of a man) have sexual intercourse with (a woman).
  • informal treat (someone) harshly or unfairly:I suppose she’ll get a lawyer and I’ll be shafted

shafted

adjective
[in combination]:a long-shafted harpoon

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