ALL meanings of shoulder
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S s - noun shoulder the part of each side of the body in humans, at the top of the trunk, extending from each side of the base of the neck to the region where the arm articulates with the trunk. 1
- noun shoulder Usually, shoulders. these two parts together with the part of the back joining them. 1
- noun shoulder a corresponding part in animals. 1
- noun shoulder the upper foreleg and adjoining parts of a sheep, goat, etc. 1
- noun shoulder the joint connecting the arm or the foreleg with the trunk. 1
- noun shoulder a shoulderlike part or projection. 1
- noun shoulder Ornithology. the bend of a bird's wing, between the hand and the forearm, especially when distinctively colored, as in the red-shouldered hawk, Buteo lineatus. 1
- noun shoulder a cut of meat that includes the upper joint of the foreleg. 1
- noun shoulder Often, shoulders. Informal. capacity for bearing responsibility or blame or sympathizing with other people: If you want to tell me your troubles, I have broad shoulders. 1
- noun shoulder a steplike change in the contour of an object, as for opposing or limiting motion along it or for an abutment. 1
- noun shoulder Carpentry. the end surface or surfaces of a piece from which a tenon or tenons project. an inclined and raised surface, as on a joggle post, for receiving and supporting the foot of a strut or the like. 1
- noun shoulder Fortification. the angle of a bastion between the face and the flank. 1
- noun shoulder Printing. the flat surface on a type body extending beyond the base of the letter or character. 1
- noun shoulder the part of a garment that covers, or fits over, the shoulder. 1
- noun shoulder (in leather manufacturing) that part of the hide anterior to the butt. 1
- noun shoulder either of the two edges or borders along a road, especially that portion on which vehicles can be parked in emergencies. Compare soft shoulder. 1
- noun shoulder shoulder season. 1
- noun shoulder Furniture. knee (def 6). 1
- verb with object shoulder to push with or as if with the shoulder, especially roughly: to shoulder someone aside. 1
- verb with object shoulder to take upon, support, or carry on or as if on the shoulder or shoulders: He shouldered his knapsack and walked on. 1
- verb with object shoulder to assume as a responsibility: to shoulder the expense. 1
- verb without object shoulder to push with or as if with the shoulder: to shoulder through a crowd. 1
- idioms shoulder cry on someone's shoulder, to reveal one's problems to another person in order to obtain sympathy: Don't cry on my shoulder—this mess is your own fault. 1
- idioms shoulder put one's shoulder to the wheel, to work energetically toward a goal; put forth effort: If we put our shoulders to the wheel, we'll be able to finish the job soon. 1
- idioms shoulder rub shoulders with, to come into association with; mingle with: As a social worker in one of the worst slum areas, she rubs shoulders with the poor and the helpless. 1
- idioms shoulder shoulder arms, Military. to place a rifle muzzle upward on the right or left shoulder, with the buttstock in the corresponding hand. the command to shoulder arms. 1
- idioms shoulder shoulder to shoulder, side by side; with united effort: The volunteers worked shoulder to shoulder with the natives in harvesting the crops. 1
- idioms shoulder straight from the shoulder, without evasion; directly; candidly: The lawyer told him straight from the shoulder that his case was weak. 1
- noun shoulder body part 1
- noun shoulder of road 1
- noun shoulder cut of meat 1
- noun shoulder part of clothing 1
- transitive verb shoulder mental burden 1
- transitive verb shoulder push with shoulder 1
- transitive verb shoulder lift onto shoulders 1
- verb shoulder If you shoulder someone aside or if you shoulder your way somewhere, you push past people roughly using your shoulder. 0
- variable noun shoulder A shoulder is a joint of meat from the upper part of the front leg of an animal. 0
- noun shoulder the part of the vertebrate body where the arm or a corresponding forelimb joins the trunk: the pectoral girdle and associated structures 0
- noun shoulder the joint at the junction of the forelimb with the pectoral girdle 0
- noun shoulder a cut of meat including the upper part of the foreleg 0
- noun shoulder the flat surface of a piece of type from which the face rises 0
- noun shoulder the portion of a hide covering the shoulders and neck of the animal, usually including the cheeks 0
- noun shoulder the part of a garment that covers the shoulder 0
- noun shoulder anything that resembles a shoulder in shape or position 0
- noun shoulder the strip of unpaved land that borders a road 0
- noun shoulder a substantial projection or abrupt change in shape or diameter designed to withstand thrust 0
- noun shoulder the portion of the characteristic curve of a photographic material indicating the maximum density that can be produced on the material 0
- noun shoulder the part of a ring where the shank joins the setting 0
- verb shoulder to bear or carry (a burden, responsibility, etc) as if on one's shoulders 0
- verb shoulder to push (something) with or as if with the shoulder 0