Shaft
Part of speech: verb
Definition: to equip something with a shaft To have sexual intercourse with someone To engage in a malicious act; to rip off, as in "He got shafted."
Part of speech: noun
Definition: The long narrow body of a spear or arrow A beam or ray of light Any long thin object, such as the handle of a tool, one of the poles between which an animal is harnessed to a vehicle, or the driveshaft of a motorized vehicle with rear-wheel drive. The main axis of a feather The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick A long narrow passage sunk into the earth, for mining etc; a mineshaft. A vertical or near-vertical cave passage. A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft. A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct. A malicious act, as in “to give someone the shaft” The main narrow part of the penis
Example sentence: O! many a shaft, at random sent, Finds mark the archer little meant! And many a word, at random spoken, May soothe or wound a heart that's broken!
Spear
Part of speech: noun
Definition: A long stick with a sharp tip used as a weapon for throwing or thrusting, or anything used to make a thrusting motion.A sharp tool used by fishermen to retrieve fish.an illegal maneuver using the end of a hockey stick to strike into another hockey player
Part of speech: verb
Definition: To penetrate or strike with, or as if with, any long narrow object. To make a thrusting motion that catches an object on the tip of a long device.
Example sentence: Who do you think made the first stone spears? The Asperger guy. If you were to get rid of all the autism genetics, there would be no more Silicon Valley.