[ʃɑːft], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a long, narrow part or section forming the handle of a tool or club, the body of a spear or arrow, or similar
(e.g: the shaft of a golf club)

- a ray of light or bolt of lightning
(e.g: a shaft of sunlight)

- a long, narrow, typically vertical hole that gives access to a mine, accommodates a lift in a building, or provides ventilation

- a man's penis


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English scæft, sceaft ‘handle, pole’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaft, German Schaft, and perhaps also to sceptre. Early senses of the verb (late Middle English) were ‘fit with a handle’ and ‘send out shafts of light’

[ʃɑːft], (Verb)

Definitions:
- (of light) shine in beams
(e.g: brilliant sunshine shafted through the skylight)

- (of a man) have sex with


Phrases:

Origin:
Old English scæft, sceaft ‘handle, pole’, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch schaft, German Schaft, and perhaps also to sceptre. Early senses of the verb (late Middle English) were ‘fit with a handle’ and ‘send out shafts of light’