"shaft" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ʃɑːft/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʃæft/ [US] Audio: En-au-shaft.ogg [Australia] Forms: shafts [plural]
Rhymes: -ɑːft Etymology: From Middle English schaft, from Old English sċeaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Cognate with Dutch schacht, German German Schaft, Swedish skaft. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kep-}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|schaft}} Middle English schaft, {{inh|en|ang|sċeaft}} Old English sċeaft, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skaft}} Proto-West Germanic *skaft, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skaftaz}} Proto-Germanic *skaftaz, {{cog|nl|schacht}} Dutch schacht, {{cog|de|Schaft}} German Schaft, {{cog|sv|skaft}} Swedish skaft Head templates: {{en-noun}} shaft (plural shafts)
  1. (obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-r63ZVglT
  2. The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin.
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-D-OaWsFE
  3. (by extension) Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin. Tags: broadly
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-nV8GoWaL
  4. 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. Translations (any long, thin object): στελεά (steleá) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), κάμαξ (kámax) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), haga (Basque), hřídel [feminine] (Czech), varsi (Finnish), aisa (Finnish), akseli (Finnish), kanki (Finnish), hasta [feminine] (Galician), στειλιάρι (steiliári) [neuter] (Greek), στύλος (stýlos) [masculine] (Greek), rúd (Hungarian), fearsaid (note: in an engine) [feminine] (Irish), asta [feminine] (Italian), prolunga [feminine] (Italian), о́ска (óska) [feminine] (Macedonian), kakau (Maori), schaft (Middle English), ایك (iğ) (Ottoman Turkish), Scheft [feminine] (Plautdietsch), haste [feminine] (Portuguese), cabo [masculine] (Portuguese), сте́ржень (stérženʹ) [masculine] (Russian), ось (osʹ) [feminine] (Russian), cas [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), crann [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), os [feminine] (Slovak), hriadeľ [feminine] (Slovak), vara [feminine] (Spanish), barra [feminine] (Spanish), palier [masculine] (Spanish), eje [masculine] (Spanish), stång [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-3AqDZQlA Disambiguation of 'any long, thin object': 6 10 0 48 0 0 11 0 2 0 21 0 0 3
  5. A beam or ray of light. Categories (topical): Light Translations (beam or ray of light): лъч (lǎč) [masculine] (Bulgarian), feix [masculine] (Catalan), paprsek [masculine] (Czech), valokeila (Finnish), Strahl [masculine] (German), αχτίδα (achtída) [feminine] (Greek), ακτίνα (aktína) [feminine] (Greek), sugár (Hungarian), fénysugár (Hungarian), fénynyaláb (Hungarian), raggio [masculine] (Italian), зрак (zrak) [masculine] (Macedonian), tara (Maori), schaft (Middle English), raio [masculine] (Portuguese), луч (luč) [masculine] (Russian), gath [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), haz [masculine] (Spanish), rayo [masculine] (Spanish), stråle [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-c2fMEWMx Disambiguation of Light: 1 4 4 1 70 0 4 2 5 0 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 Disambiguation of 'beam or ray of light': 1 0 0 1 78 0 1 1 1 3 2 1 7 4
  6. The main axis of a feather. Synonyms (main axis of a feather): rachis Translations (main axis of a feather): стъбло (stǎblo) [neuter] (Bulgarian), ruoto (Finnish), rachis [masculine] (French), Schaft [masculine] (German), καλάμι (kalámi) [neuter] (Greek), קֻלְמוֹס (qulmús) [masculine] (Hebrew), קָנֶה (qané) [masculine] (Hebrew), szár (Hungarian), levélszár (Hungarian), rachide [masculine] (Italian), raque [feminine] (Portuguese), raquis [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-obx97E1u Disambiguation of 'main axis of a feather': 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 Disambiguation of 'main axis of a feather': 0 0 0 0 0 97 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
  7. (lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick. Categories (topical): Lacrosse Translations (lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick): дръжка (drǎžka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), varsi (Finnish), ра́чка (ráčka) [feminine] (Macedonian), др́шка (dŕška) [feminine] (Macedonian), cabo [masculine] (Portuguese), черено́к (čerenók) [masculine] (Russian), рукоя́тка (rukojátka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-nloqe2VM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Middle English entries with incorrect language header, Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations, Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 1 2 10 5 1 22 4 15 3 12 2 9 11 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 2 1 1 5 5 1 35 3 9 3 8 2 9 11 3 1 2 Disambiguation of Middle English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 1 6 3 1 35 3 11 2 8 1 7 10 3 1 2 1 1 Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations: 2 1 2 8 2 1 41 3 8 2 10 1 4 10 3 1 1 Disambiguation of Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes: 2 2 2 7 2 1 40 3 7 2 10 1 4 10 3 1 2 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lacrosse, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick': 10 16 0 6 1 0 48 1 3 1 10 0 1 3
  8. A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine Translations (long passage sunk into the earth): pou [masculine] (Catalan), šachta [feminine] (Czech), schacht [masculine] (Dutch), ŝakto (Esperanto), kuilu (Finnish), kaivoskuilu (Finnish), Schacht [masculine] (German), πηγάδι (pigádi) (english: water) [neuter] (Greek), στοά (stoá) (english: mines) [feminine] (Greek), φρέαρ (fréar) (english: elevators) [neuter] (Greek), φρεάτιο (freátio) (english: water drainage) [neuter] (Greek), פִּיר (pir) [masculine] (Hebrew), tárna (Hungarian), bányaakna (Hungarian), akna (Hungarian), pozzo [masculine] (Italian), condotto [masculine] (Italian), 立て坑 (tatekō) (alt: たてこう) (Japanese), 縦坑 (tatekō) (alt: たてこう) (Japanese), о́кно (ókno) [neuter] (Macedonian), towl [masculine] (Manx), sjakt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjakt [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), قیو (kuyu) (Ottoman Turkish), szyb [masculine] (Polish), poço [masculine] (Portuguese), chaminé [feminine] (Portuguese), puț [neuter] (Romanian), puțuri [neuter, plural] (Romanian), ша́хта (šáxta) [feminine] (Russian), toll [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), okno [Roman, neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), pozo [masculine] (Spanish), schakt [neuter] (Swedish), balaon (Tagalog)
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-2DFtjLpU Disambiguation of 'long passage sunk into the earth': 5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2
  9. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft. Translations (vertical passage housing a lift): шахта (šahta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), pou [masculine] (Catalan), šachta [feminine] (Czech), schacht (Dutch), kuilu (Finnish), hissikuilu (Finnish), cage (French), Schacht [masculine] (German), φρέαρ (fréar) [neuter] (Greek), φρεάτιο (freátio) [neuter] (Greek), פִּיר (pir) [masculine] (Hebrew), akna (Hungarian), liftakna (Hungarian), tromba [feminine] (Italian), pozzo [masculine] (Italian), ша́хта (šáhta) [feminine] (Macedonian), sjakt [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjakt [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), szyb [masculine] (Polish), poço [masculine] (Portuguese), ша́хта (šáxta) [feminine] (Russian), grotlo [neuter] (Serbo-Croatian), hueco [masculine] (Spanish), pozo [masculine] (Spanish), schakt [neuter] (Swedish), hisschakt [neuter] (Swedish), ша́хта (šáxta) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-enhI1I1Z Disambiguation of 'vertical passage housing a lift': 1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2
  10. A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct. Translations (ventilation or heating conduit): шахта (šahta) [feminine] (Bulgarian), conducte [masculine] (Catalan), šachta [feminine] (Czech), kanava (Finnish), Schacht [masculine] (German), αεραγωγός (aeragogós) [masculine] (Greek), szellőzőakna (Hungarian), légudvar (Hungarian), lichthóf (Hungarian), condotta [feminine] (Italian), pozzo [masculine] (Italian), condotto [masculine] (Italian), szyb [masculine] (Polish), duto [masculine] (Portuguese), ша́хта (šáxta) [feminine] (Russian), ducto [masculine] (Spanish), schakt [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-buZWLnYO Disambiguation of 'ventilation or heating conduit': 1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2
  11. (architecture) Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal. Categories (topical): Architecture
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-lVDsVRqI Topics: architecture
  12. The main cylindrical part of the penis. Translations (the shaft of the penis): dřík [masculine] (Czech), varsi (Finnish), kanki (Finnish), Schaft [masculine] (German), βάλανος (válanos) [feminine] (Greek), skaft [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), vara [feminine] (Portuguese), tronco [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-yoSF-JVJ Disambiguation of 'the shaft of the penis': 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
  13. The chamber of a blast furnace.
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-haggG62W
  14. (meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area. Categories (topical): Meteorology
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-noun-RmH6ZSBy Topics: climatology, meteorology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: stale, stail, steal, stele, steel (english: arrows, spears), mineshaft (english: vertical underground passage) Translations (long narrow body of spear or arrow): κῆλον (kêlon) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), дръжка на копие (drǎžka na kopie) (Bulgarian), (gān) (Chinese Mandarin), násada [feminine] (Czech), dřík [masculine] (Czech), schacht (Dutch), varsi (Finnish), hampe [feminine] (French), hasta [feminine] (Galician), Schaft [masculine] (German), στέλεχος (stélechos) [neuter] (Greek), nyél (Hungarian), szár (Hungarian), lancia [feminine] (Italian), ра́чка (ráčka) [feminine] (Macedonian), др́шка (dŕška) [feminine] (Macedonian), kawau (Maori), kakau (Maori), schaft (Middle English), 𐭰𐭥𐭯𐭪 (čōbag) (Middle Persian), skaft [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), sċeaft [masculine] (Old English), چوبه (čube) (Persian), Staum [masculine] (Plautdietsch), Scheft [feminine] (Plautdietsch), haste [feminine] (Portuguese), cabo [masculine] (Portuguese), дре́вко (drévko) [neuter] (Russian), asta [feminine] (Spanish), astil (english: arrow) [masculine] (Spanish), skaft [neuter] (Swedish), เพลา (plaw) (Thai), ทูบ (tôop) (Thai), ok sapı (Turkish)

Verb

IPA: /ʃɑːft/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ʃæft/ [US] Audio: En-au-shaft.ogg [Australia] Forms: shafts [present, singular, third-person], shafting [participle, present], shafted [participle, past], shafted [past]
Rhymes: -ɑːft Etymology: From Middle English schaft, from Old English sċeaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Cognate with Dutch schacht, German German Schaft, Swedish skaft. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*(s)kep-}} [Template:root], {{inh|en|enm|schaft}} Middle English schaft, {{inh|en|ang|sċeaft}} Old English sċeaft, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*skaft}} Proto-West Germanic *skaft, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*skaftaz}} Proto-Germanic *skaftaz, {{cog|nl|schacht}} Dutch schacht, {{cog|de|Schaft}} German Schaft, {{cog|sv|skaft}} Swedish skaft Head templates: {{en-verb}} shaft (third-person singular simple present shafts, present participle shafting, simple past and past participle shafted)
  1. (transitive, slang) To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery. Tags: slang, transitive Synonyms: deceive Translations (slang: to engage in a malicious act): fotre (Catalan), podrazit [perfective] (Czech), podvést [perfective] (Czech), mopottaa (Finnish), entuber (French), hereinlegen (German), übervorteilen (German), bemogeln (German), schädigen (German), schikanieren (German), ρίχνω (ríchno) (Greek), γδέρνω (gdérno) (Greek), átver (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-verb-sGwUoI3C Disambiguation of 'slang: to engage in a malicious act': 63 5 32
  2. (transitive) To equip with a shaft. Tags: transitive Translations (to equip with a shaft): varttaa (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-verb--JvRSfSE Disambiguation of 'to equip with a shaft': 2 97 1
  3. (transitive, slang) To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with. Tags: slang, transitive Synonyms: copulate with Translations (slang: to have sexual intercourse): follar-se (Catalan), tirar-se (Catalan), cardar (Catalan), šukat [imperfective] (Czech), šoustat [imperfective] (Czech), píchat [imperfective] (Czech), kepittää (Finnish), bumsen (German), ficken (German), megdug (Hungarian), megkefél (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-shaft-en-verb-aGLlksq6 Disambiguation of 'slang: to have sexual intercourse': 7 1 92

Inflected forms

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      "word": "aftershaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "airshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "angle shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "backshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "brakeshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "camshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cardan shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Cardan shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clutchshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cockshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "countershaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "counter shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "crankshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "driveshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "drive shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "driving shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "dropshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "elevator shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "equivalent shaft horsepower"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "foreshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "get the shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "give someone the shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hail shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "hairshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "half shaftradial shaft seal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "jackshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "liftshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "line shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "Microshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "midshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mineshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mine shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "propeller shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "prop shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "propshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "reversing shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "rock shaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shaft alley"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shaft bow"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shaft cave"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shaft encoder"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shaft furnace"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shaft horsepower"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shaftless"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shaftlike"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shaftman"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shaftment"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "shaftwork"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "spearshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sunshaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "view shaft"
    }
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        "3": "*(s)kep-"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "schacht"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch schacht",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "Schaft"
      },
      "expansion": "German Schaft",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "skaft"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish skaft",
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  "etymology_text": "From Middle English schaft, from Old English sċeaft, from Proto-West Germanic *skaft, from Proto-Germanic *skaftaz. Cognate with Dutch schacht, German German Schaft, Swedish skaft.",
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    {
      "form": "shafts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "c. 1343-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer",
          "text": "His sleep, his meat, his drink, is him bereft, / That lean he wax, and dry as is a shaft."
        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1515-1568, Roger Ascham",
          "text": "A shaft hath three principal parts, the stele, the feathers, and the head."
        }
      ],
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        "The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow."
      ],
      "id": "en-shaft-en-noun-r63ZVglT",
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        [
          "body",
          "body"
        ],
        [
          "long",
          "long"
        ],
        [
          "weapon",
          "weapon"
        ],
        [
          "arrow",
          "arrow"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) The entire body of a long weapon, such as an arrow."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
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          "name": "Middle Persian terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant manual transliterations",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "2 2 2 7 2 1 40 3 7 2 10 1 4 10 3 1 2",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Middle Persian terms with redundant script codes",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with redundant script codes",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick."
      ],
      "id": "en-shaft-en-noun-nloqe2VM",
      "links": [
        [
          "lacrosse",
          "lacrosse"
        ],
        [
          "lacrosse stick",
          "lacrosse stick"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(lacrosse) The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "ball-games",
        "games",
        "hobbies",
        "lacrosse",
        "lifestyle",
        "sports"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "10 16 0 6 1 0 48 1 3 1 10 0 1 3",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "drǎžka",
          "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "дръжка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 16 0 6 1 0 48 1 3 1 10 0 1 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
          "word": "varsi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 16 0 6 1 0 48 1 3 1 10 0 1 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ráčka",
          "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ра́чка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 16 0 6 1 0 48 1 3 1 10 0 1 3",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "dŕška",
          "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "др́шка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 16 0 6 1 0 48 1 3 1 10 0 1 3",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cabo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 16 0 6 1 0 48 1 3 1 10 0 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "čerenók",
          "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "черено́к"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "10 16 0 6 1 0 48 1 3 1 10 0 1 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "rukojátka",
          "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "рукоя́тка"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Your grandfather used to work with a crane hauling ore out of the gold mine's shafts.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine"
      ],
      "id": "en-shaft-en-noun-2DFtjLpU",
      "links": [
        [
          "vertical",
          "vertical"
        ],
        [
          "inclined",
          "inclined"
        ],
        [
          "passage",
          "passage"
        ],
        [
          "sunk",
          "sunk"
        ],
        [
          "earth",
          "earth"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "šachta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "schacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "word": "ŝakto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "word": "kuilu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "word": "kaivoskuilu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "el",
          "english": "water",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "pigádi",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "πηγάδι"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "el",
          "english": "mines",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "stoá",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "στοά"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "el",
          "english": "elevators",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fréar",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "φρέαρ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "el",
          "english": "water drainage",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "freátio",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "φρεάτιο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "pir",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "פִּיר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "word": "tárna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "word": "bányaakna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "word": "akna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pozzo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "condotto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "alt": "たてこう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tatekō",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "word": "立て坑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "alt": "たてこう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "tatekō",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "word": "縦坑"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "ókno",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "о́кно"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "towl"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sjakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sjakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kuyu",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "word": "قیو"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "szyb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "poço"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "chaminé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "puț"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "puțuri"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šáxta",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ша́хта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "toll"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "okno"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pozo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "schakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "5 6 1 4 3 0 6 45 18 2 3 1 4 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
          "word": "balaon"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Darn it, my keys fell through the gap and into the elevator shaft.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft."
      ],
      "id": "en-shaft-en-noun-enhI1I1Z",
      "links": [
        [
          "vertical",
          "vertical"
        ],
        [
          "lift",
          "lift"
        ],
        [
          "elevator",
          "elevator"
        ],
        [
          "liftshaft",
          "liftshaft"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "šahta",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "шахта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pou"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "šachta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "word": "schacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "word": "kuilu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "word": "hissikuilu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "word": "cage"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "fréar",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "φρέαρ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "freátio",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "φρεάτιο"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "pir",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "פִּיר"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "word": "akna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "word": "liftakna"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "tromba"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pozzo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "šáhta",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ша́хта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sjakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sjakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "szyb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "poço"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šáxta",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ша́хта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "grotlo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hueco"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pozo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "schakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "hisschakt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 2 0 3 24 55 2 4 1 3 2",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šáxta",
          "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ша́хта"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct."
      ],
      "id": "en-shaft-en-noun-buZWLnYO",
      "links": [
        [
          "ventilation",
          "ventilation"
        ],
        [
          "heating",
          "heating"
        ],
        [
          "conduit",
          "conduit"
        ],
        [
          "air",
          "air"
        ],
        [
          "duct",
          "duct"
        ]
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "šahta",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "шахта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "conducte"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "šachta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "word": "kanava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schacht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "aeragogós",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "αεραγωγός"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "word": "lichthóf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "condotta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pozzo"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "condotto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "szyb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "duto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "šáxta",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ша́хта"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ducto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 1 1 3 0 1 1 1 84 1 0 3 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
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        }
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          "name": "Architecture",
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        {
          "ref": "c. 1803-1882, Ralph Waldo Emerson",
          "text": "Bid time and nature gently spare / The shaft we raise to thee."
        }
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          "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
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            "masculine"
          ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
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          "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
          "word": "varsi"
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          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
          "word": "kanki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schaft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "el",
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          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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          "code": "nb",
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          "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
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          ],
          "word": "skaft"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
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          "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0",
          "code": "es",
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          "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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      "tags": [
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      "ipa": "/ʃæft/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-ɑːft"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-au-shaft.ogg",
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      ],
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    }
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stale"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stail"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "steal"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "stele"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "arrows, spears",
      "word": "steel"
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      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "english": "vertical underground passage",
      "word": "mineshaft"
    }
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      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "drǎžka na kopie",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "дръжка на копие"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gān",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "杆"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "násada"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dřík"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "schacht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "varsi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hampe"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hasta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stélechos",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "στέλεχος"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kêlon",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κῆλον"
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    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "nyél"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "szár"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lancia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ráčka",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́чка"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dŕška",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "др́шка"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "kawau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "kakau"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "schaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "roman": "čōbag",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "𐭰𐭥𐭯𐭪"
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    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sċeaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čube",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "چوبه"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Staum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Scheft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "haste"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cabo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drévko",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дре́вко"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asta"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "es",
      "english": "arrow",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "astil"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skaft"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "plaw",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "เพลา"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tôop",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "ทูบ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "17 30 6 4 0 0 36 0 0 0 7 0 0 0",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "ok sapı"
    }
  ],
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    "Shaft"
  ],
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}

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      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "2": "skaft"
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      "form": "shafts",
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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        "present"
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    },
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        "participle",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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        {
          "text": "Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that.",
          "type": "example"
        },
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          "ref": "1992, “Crackers And Cheese”, performed by Eminem",
          "text": "Who can I trust after repeatedly being shafted",
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        [
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        "(transitive, slang) To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery."
      ],
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        {
          "word": "deceive"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "63 5 32",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
          "word": "fotre"
        },
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          "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
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          "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
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          "_dis1": "63 5 32",
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          "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
          "word": "schädigen"
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          "_dis1": "63 5 32",
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          "word": "schikanieren"
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          "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
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          "word": "varttaa"
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          "text": "Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "2018 Christian Cooke as Mickey Argyle, \"Episode 2\", Ordeal by Innocence (written by Sarah Phelps) 23 minutes\nWell at least I can get it up. No wonder Mary's going out of her head. Stuck with you sponging off her and not even a decent shafting for her trouble."
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          "word": "follar-se"
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          "word": "cardar"
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      "word": "equivalent shaft horsepower"
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      "word": "give someone the shaft"
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          "ref": "c. 1343-1400, Geoffrey Chaucer",
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          "ref": "c. 1515-1568, Roger Ascham",
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          "text": "Sarah, if you wear gloves your hands might not slip on your shaft and you can up your game, girl!",
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(meteorology) A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "climatology",
        "meteorology",
        "natural-sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɑːft/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃæft/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːft"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-shaft.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-au-shaft.ogg/En-au-shaft.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-au-shaft.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "stale"
    },
    {
      "word": "stail"
    },
    {
      "word": "steal"
    },
    {
      "word": "stele"
    },
    {
      "english": "arrows, spears",
      "word": "steel"
    },
    {
      "sense": "main axis of a feather",
      "word": "rachis"
    },
    {
      "english": "vertical underground passage",
      "word": "mineshaft"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "drǎžka na kopie",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "дръжка на копие"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gān",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "杆"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "násada"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dřík"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "schacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "varsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hampe"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stélechos",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "στέλεχος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kêlon",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "κῆλον"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "nyél"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "szár"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lancia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ráčka",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dŕška",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "др́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "kawau"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "kakau"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "schaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "pal",
      "lang": "Middle Persian",
      "roman": "čōbag",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "𐭰𐭥𐭯𐭪"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sċeaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "čube",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "چوبه"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Staum"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Scheft"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "haste"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cabo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "drévko",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "дре́вко"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "english": "arrow",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "astil"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "plaw",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "เพลา"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "tôop",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "ทูบ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "long narrow body of spear or arrow",
      "word": "ok sapı"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lǎč",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "лъч"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "feix"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paprsek"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "word": "valokeila"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Strahl"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "achtída",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "αχτίδα"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aktína",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ακτίνα"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "word": "sugár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "word": "fénysugár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "word": "fénynyaláb"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raggio"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "zrak",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "зрак"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "word": "tara"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "word": "schaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "luč",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "луч"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gath"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "haz"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rayo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "beam or ray of light",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stråle"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "word": "haga"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hřídel"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "word": "varsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "word": "aisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "word": "akseli"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "word": "kanki"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "steiliári",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "στειλιάρι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stýlos",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "στύλος"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "steleá",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "στελεά"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Ancient Greek",
      "roman": "kámax",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "κάμαξ"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "word": "rúd"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "note": "in an engine",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fearsaid"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "asta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "prolunga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "óska",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "о́ска"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "word": "kakau"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "word": "schaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "iğ",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "word": "ایك"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Scheft"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "haste"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cabo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "stérženʹ",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сте́ржень"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osʹ",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ось"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cas"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "crann"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "os"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hriadeľ"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vara"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "barra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "palier"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eje"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "any long, thin object",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "stång"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "stǎblo",
      "sense": "main axis of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "стъбло"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "main axis of a feather",
      "word": "ruoto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "main axis of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rachis"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "main axis of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kalámi",
      "sense": "main axis of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "καλάμι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "qulmús",
      "sense": "main axis of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קֻלְמוֹס"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "qané",
      "sense": "main axis of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קָנֶה"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "main axis of a feather",
      "word": "szár"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "main axis of a feather",
      "word": "levélszár"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "main axis of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rachide"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "main axis of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "raque"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "main axis of a feather",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "raquis"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "drǎžka",
      "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дръжка"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
      "word": "varsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ráčka",
      "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ра́чка"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dŕška",
      "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "др́шка"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cabo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "čerenók",
      "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "черено́к"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "rukojátka",
      "sense": "lacrosse: long narrow body of the stick",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "рукоя́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pou"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šachta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "schacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "word": "ŝakto"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "word": "kuilu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "word": "kaivoskuilu"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "english": "water",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pigádi",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "πηγάδι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "english": "mines",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "stoá",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "στοά"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "english": "elevators",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fréar",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φρέαρ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "english": "water drainage",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "freátio",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φρεάτιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pir",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פִּיר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "word": "tárna"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "word": "bányaakna"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "word": "akna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pozzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "condotto"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たてこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tatekō",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "word": "立て坑"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たてこう",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tatekō",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "word": "縦坑"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ókno",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "о́кно"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "towl"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sjakt"
    },
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      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sjakt"
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    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "kuyu",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "word": "قیو"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szyb"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poço"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chaminé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "puț"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
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        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "puțuri"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šáxta",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ша́хта"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "toll"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "okno"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "schakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "long passage sunk into the earth",
      "word": "balaon"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šahta",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шахта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pou"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šachta"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "word": "schacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "word": "kuilu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "word": "hissikuilu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "word": "cage"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "fréar",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φρέαρ"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "freátio",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "φρεάτιο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "pir",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פִּיר"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "word": "akna"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "word": "liftakna"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "tromba"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pozzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "šáhta",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ша́хта"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sjakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sjakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szyb"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "poço"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šáxta",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ша́хта"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "grotlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hueco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pozo"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "schakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hisschakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "šáxta",
      "sense": "vertical passage housing a lift",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ша́хта"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "šahta",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "шахта"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "conducte"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "šachta"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "word": "kanava"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aeragogós",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "αεραγωγός"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "word": "szellőzőakna"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "word": "légudvar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "word": "lichthóf"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "condotta"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pozzo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "condotto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "szyb"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "duto"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "šáxta",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ша́хта"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ducto"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ventilation or heating conduit",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "schakt"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dřík"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
      "word": "varsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
      "word": "kanki"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Schaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "válanos",
      "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "βάλανος"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "skaft"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vara"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the shaft of the penis",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "tronco"
    }
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    "Shaft"
  ],
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}

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        "singular",
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          "text": "Your boss really shafted you by stealing your idea like that.",
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        },
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          "ref": "1992, “Crackers And Cheese”, performed by Eminem",
          "text": "Who can I trust after repeatedly being shafted",
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        {
          "word": "deceive"
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        "transitive"
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        "To equip with a shaft."
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        "(transitive) To equip with a shaft."
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        "English transitive verbs"
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          "text": "Turns out my roommate was shafting my girlfriend.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "2018 Christian Cooke as Mickey Argyle, \"Episode 2\", Ordeal by Innocence (written by Sarah Phelps) 23 minutes\nWell at least I can get it up. No wonder Mary's going out of her head. Stuck with you sponging off her and not even a decent shafting for her trouble."
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        "(transitive, slang) To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with."
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        {
          "word": "copulate with"
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        "transitive"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃæft/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːft"
    },
    {
      "audio": "En-au-shaft.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/18/En-au-shaft.ogg/En-au-shaft.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/18/En-au-shaft.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
      "word": "fotre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podrazit"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "podvést"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
      "word": "mopottaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
      "word": "entuber"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
      "word": "hereinlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
      "word": "übervorteilen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
      "word": "bemogeln"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
      "word": "schädigen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
      "word": "schikanieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ríchno",
      "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
      "word": "ρίχνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "gdérno",
      "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
      "word": "γδέρνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "slang: to engage in a malicious act",
      "word": "átver"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to equip with a shaft",
      "word": "varttaa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "slang: to have sexual intercourse",
      "word": "follar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "slang: to have sexual intercourse",
      "word": "tirar-se"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "slang: to have sexual intercourse",
      "word": "cardar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "slang: to have sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "šukat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "slang: to have sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "šoustat"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "slang: to have sexual intercourse",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "píchat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "slang: to have sexual intercourse",
      "word": "kepittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slang: to have sexual intercourse",
      "word": "bumsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "slang: to have sexual intercourse",
      "word": "ficken"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "slang: to have sexual intercourse",
      "word": "megdug"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "slang: to have sexual intercourse",
      "word": "megkefél"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Shaft"
  ],
  "word": "shaft"
}

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