ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SHAFT
Old English sceaft; related to Old Norse skapt, German Schaft, Latin scāpus shaft, Greek skeptronsceptre, Lettish skeps javelin.
WHAT DOES SHAFT MEAN IN ENGLISH?
Definition of shaft in the English dictionary
The first definition of shaft in the dictionary is the long narrow pole that forms the body of a spear, arrow, etc. Other definition of shaft is something directed at a person in the manner of a missile. Shaft is also a ray, beam, or streak, esp of light.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SHAFT
PRESENT
Present
I shaft
you shaft
he/she/it shafts
we shaft
you shaft
they shaft
Present continuous
I am shafting
you are shafting
he/she/it is shafting
we are shafting
you are shafting
they are shafting
Present perfect
I have shafted
you have shafted
he/she/it has shafted
we have shafted
you have shafted
they have shafted
Present perfect continuous
I have been shafting
you have been shafting
he/she/it has been shafting
we have been shafting
you have been shafting
they have been shafting
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I shafted
you shafted
he/she/it shafted
we shafted
you shafted
they shafted
Past continuous
I was shafting
you were shafting
he/she/it was shafting
we were shafting
you were shafting
they were shafting
Past perfect
I had shafted
you had shafted
he/she/it had shafted
we had shafted
you had shafted
they had shafted
Past perfect continuous
I had been shafting
you had been shafting
he/she/it had been shafting
we had been shafting
you had been shafting
they had been shafting
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will shaft
you will shaft
he/she/it will shaft
we will shaft
you will shaft
they will shaft
Future continuous
I will be shafting
you will be shafting
he/she/it will be shafting
we will be shafting
you will be shafting
they will be shafting
Future perfect
I will have shafted
you will have shafted
he/she/it will have shafted
we will have shafted
you will have shafted
they will have shafted
Future perfect continuous
I will have been shafting
you will have been shafting
he/she/it will have been shafting
we will have been shafting
you will have been shafting
they will have been shafting
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would shaft
you would shaft
he/she/it would shaft
we would shaft
you would shaft
they would shaft
Conditional continuous
I would be shafting
you would be shafting
he/she/it would be shafting
we would be shafting
you would be shafting
they would be shafting
Conditional perfect
I would have shaft
you would have shaft
he/she/it would have shaft
we would have shaft
you would have shaft
they would have shaft
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been shafting
you would have been shafting
he/she/it would have been shafting
we would have been shafting
you would have been shafting
they would have been shafting
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you shaft
we let´s shaft
you shaft
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
shafting
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
7 QUOTES WITH «SHAFT»
Famous quotes and sentences with the word
shaft.
When I jerked it out the head remained in my leg, where it remains still. There were a couple of inches of blood on the shaft of the arrow when I pulled it out.
The skyscraper style first advocated by Louis Sullivan - a tower of strongly vertical character with clear definitions among base, shaft, and crown - has remained remarkably consistent throughout the history of this building type.
I was lucky that it hit my shaft, and then my helmet, and I was lucky enough to get that breakaway.
In prosperous times, the marginal workers get by. But in tough times, they get the shaft.
O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!
As a woman, I feel women get the shaft all the time.
Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHAFT»
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shaft in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
shaft and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Shaft Alignment Handbook, Third Edition
Two editions later, this bestselling handbook is still the most trusted and widely embraced guide in the field.
2
Shaft Seals for Dynamic Applications
The work details the various practices for radial shaft seal selection, testing and installation recommended by the Society of Automotive Engineers, the Rubber Manufacture's Association, the American Society for Testing and Materials, and ...
Papers presented at the Shaft Engineering conference, organized by the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy in association with the Institution of Civil Engineers and the Institution of Mining Engineers, and held in Harrogate, England, from ...
Institution of Mining and Metallurgy, 2005
4
Shaft Alignment Handbook, Second Edition
This work offers essential, step-by-step guidelines for solving complex alignment tasks quickly and accurately.
5
The Weaver's Book of 8-
Shaft Patterns
This must-have draft book contains almost 1000 different patterns on more than 25 weave structures. Introductory chapters provide a thorough understanding of how each structure works.
6
The Modern Guide to Golf Clubmaking: The Principles and ...
Noticeable trajectory changes in ball flight are much more obvious through a
change in clubhead center of gravity or loft angle than through shaft bend point.
Perhaps then the greatest contribution of bend point in shaft fitting today is the ...
Jeff Jackson, Jeff Summitt, 2001
7
A Textbook of Strength of Materials
5 where (B) Numerical Problems A solid shaft of 20 cm diameter is used to
transmit torque. Find the maximum torque transmitted by the shaft if the maximum
shear stress induced in the shaft is 50 N/mm2. [Ans. 78539.8 N-m] The shearing ...
8
Surgical Treatment of Orthopaedic Trauma
Humeral shaft fractures account for 1% ofacute fractures in trauma registries.
Despite the nearly universal acceptance of intramedullary nailing for fractures of
the long bones of the lower extremity, nonoperative management remains the ...
James P. Stannard, Andrew H. Schmidt, 2011
9
The small-scale vertical
shaft lime kiln: a practical guide ...
The manual focuses on 'small-scale' production and is aimed at lime-burners, technologists and fieldworkers in developing countries, as well as those interested in burning lime on any scale.
Kelvin Mason, Neville Hill, 1999
10
Failure Analysis Case Studies II: A Sourcebook of Case ...
Two such fractures occurred in a particular type of actuator shaft and another 40
% of such shafts exhibited fatigue cracking. Conventional fractographic failure
analysis indicated that there was a signifcant bending stress component in the ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHAFT»
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shaft is used in the context of the following news items.
Man Wanted for Attacks on Asian Women Hangs Himself in Elevator …
LENOX HILL — The 25-year-old man wanted for a series of attacks on Asian women in Manhattan hung himself Monday in an elevator shaft, leaving a suicide ... «DNAinfo, Jun 15»
7 coal miners dead, 17 trapped after shaft floods at a mine in …
A total of 247 miners were underground when water rushed into the shaft Sunday evening. Of those, 223 people made it safely to the surface. Such accidents ... «Fox News, Apr 15»
Man rescued after falling down air shaft at uptown hotel
In 2010, Channel 9 covered another incident where someone fell down an air shaft at an uptown hotel. A photojournalist with a television station out of Asheville ... «WSOC Charlotte, Apr 15»
Cincinnati firefighter dies from injuries during rescue effort
Daryl Gordon, 54, died after sustaining injuries while working to save residents in the King Towers apartments in Madisonville. He fell down an elevator shaft on ... «WHIO, Mar 15»
Sugarloaf skilift accident caused by broken drive shaft
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A chairlift malfunction that injured seven skiers at the Sugarloaf ski area and resort was caused by a broken drive shaft on a gearbox ... «Boston Globe, Mar 15»
'Shaft' Reboot in the Works at New Line With 'Predator' Producer …
New Line has acquired the rights to the “Shaft” franchise and is developing a reboot of the popular police property with producer John Davis of Davis ... «TheWrap, Feb 15»
Old mine shaft collapses, causes sinkhole in Lafayette
Because it was an old mine shaft, the State Division of Mines will have to extract water and debris from the sinkhole Tuesday for testing before it can be repaired. «9NEWS.com, Jan 15»
Mechanic Crushed to Death in Manhattan Elevator Shaft Accident
A repair worker was crushed to death by a falling elevator inside a residential building on the Upper West Side. Roseanne Colletti reports. (Published Friday ... «NBC New York, Jan 15»
Chrysler to recall about 257K pickup trucks
Chrysler is recalling nearly 257,000 older Ram pickup trucks because the rear axle can seize or the drive shaft can fall off. The recall covers Ram 1500 pickups ... «CNBC, Dec 14»
Woman Sues After Falling Down Fenway Elevator Shaft
Woman Sues After Falling Down Fenway Elevator Shaft. Twenty-two-year-old Elisabeth Scotland was seriously injured after she says a closed elevator door ... «NECN, Dec 14»
