shaft vs stop

shaft

noun
  • 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. 

  • A vertical or inclined passage sunk into the earth as part of a mine 

  • A vertical passage housing a lift or elevator; a liftshaft. 

  • A beam or ray of light. 

  • Anything cast or thrown as a spear or javelin. 

  • The main axis of a feather. 

  • Any column or pillar, particularly the body of a column between its capital and pedestal. 

  • The long, narrow, central body of a spear, arrow, or javelin. 

  • The chamber of a blast furnace. 

  • A ventilation or heating conduit; an air duct. 

  • A relatively small area of precipitation that an onlook can discern from the dry surrounding area. 

  • The main cylindrical part of the penis. 

  • The long narrow body of a lacrosse stick. 

verb
  • To fuck over; to cause harm to, especially through deceit or treachery. 

  • To equip with a shaft. 

  • To fuck; to have sexual intercourse with. 

stop

noun
  • A device, or piece, as a pin, block, pawl, etc., for arresting or limiting motion, or for determining the position to which another part shall be brought. 

  • An f-stop. 

  • A knob or pin used to regulate the flow of air in an organ. 

  • A part of a photographic system that reduces the amount of light. 

  • A coup d'arret, or stop thrust. 

  • A very short shot which touches the ground close behind the net and is intended to bounce as little as possible. 

  • A (usually marked) place where buses, trams or trains halt to let passengers get on and off, usually smaller than a station. 

  • One of the vent-holes in a wind instrument, or the place on the wire of a stringed instrument, by the stopping or pressing of which certain notes are produced. 

  • An action of stopping; interruption of travel. 

  • A member, plain or moulded, formed of a separate piece and fixed to a jamb, against which a door or window shuts. 

  • A consonant sound in which the passage of air through the mouth is temporarily blocked by the lips, tongue, or glottis. 

  • A small well-bucket; a milk-pail. 

  • A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal 

  • That which stops, impedes, or obstructs; an obstacle; an impediment. 

  • The squark that is the superpartner of a top quark. 

  • The diaphragm used in optical instruments to cut off the marginal portions of a beam of light passing through lenses. 

  • A device intended to block the path of a moving object 

  • The depression in a dog’s face between the skull and the nasal bones. 

  • A unit of exposure corresponding to a doubling of the brightness of an image. 

  • A symbol used for purposes of punctuation and representing a pause or separating clauses, particularly a full stop, comma, colon or semicolon. 

punct
  • Used to indicate the end of a sentence in a telegram. 

verb
  • To cause (something) to come to an end. 

  • To pronounce (a phoneme) as a stop. 

  • To cease; to no longer continue (doing something). 

  • To cease moving. 

  • To end someone else's activity. 

  • To stay; to spend a short time; to reside or tarry temporarily. 

  • To regulate the sounds of (musical strings, etc.) by pressing them against the fingerboard with the finger, or otherwise shortening the vibrating part. 

  • To make fast; to stopper. 

  • To cause (something) to cease moving or progressing. 

  • To delay the purchase or sale of (a stock) while agreeing the price for later. 

  • To adjust the aperture of a camera lens. 

  • To close or block an opening. 

  • Not to continue. 

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