Shoulder

['ʃəʊldə] or ['ʃoldɚ]

Definition

(noun.) a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road; 'the car pulled off onto the shoulder'.

(noun.) the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder; 'an ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform'.

(noun.) the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm.

(noun.) a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula.

(noun.) a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg.

(verb.) push with the shoulders; 'He shouldered his way into the crowd'.

(verb.) carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; 'shoulder the burden'.

(verb.) lift onto one's shoulders.

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Definition

(n.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint.

(n.) The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.

(n.) Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.

(n.) That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.

(n.) The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton.

(n.) The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.

(n.) An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc.

(v. t.) To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.

(v. t.) To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt.

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Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Projection, protuberance.

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Definition

n. the part of the trunk between the neck and the free portion of the arm or fore-limb the region about the scapula: the upper joint of the foreleg of an animal cut for market: anything resembling the shoulder a rising part a prominence: that which sustains support the whole might or effort: the whole angle of a bastion between the face and flank.—v.t. to push with the shoulder or violently: to take upon the shoulder: to fashion with a shoulder or abutment.—v.i. to force one's way forward.—ns. Shoul′der-belt a belt that passes across the shoulder; Shoul′der-blade the broad flat blade-like bone (scapula) of the shoulder; Shoul′der-block a pulley-block left nearly square at the upper end and cut away towards the sheave; Shoul′der-bone the humerus shoulder-blade; Shoul′der-clap′per (Shak.) one who claps another on the shoulder or uses great familiarity a bailiff.—adj. Shoul′dered having shoulders of a specified kind.—ns. Shoul′der-knot a knot worn as an ornament on the shoulder now confined to servants in livery; Shoul′der-piece a strap passing over the shoulder and joining the front and back part of a garment; Shoul′der-slip a sprain of the shoulder.—adjs. Shoul′der-slipped Shoul′der-shot′ten (Shak.) having the shoulder-joint dislocated.—n. Shoul′der-strap a strap worn on or over the shoulder: (U.S.) a narrow strap of cloth edged with gold-lace worn on the shoulder to indicate military and naval rank.—Shoulder-of-mutton sail a kind of triangular sail of peculiar form used mostly in boats very handy and safe particularly as a mizzen; Shoulder to shoulder with hearty and united action or effort.—Give Show or Turn the cold shoulder (see Cold); Put or Set one's shoulder to the wheel to give personal help heartily; With one shoulder with one consent.

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