Dutch Meaning of shoulder

schouder

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Definitions and Meaning of shoulder in English

Wordnet

shoulder (n)

the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm

a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg

a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula

the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder

a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road

Wordnet

shoulder (v)

lift onto one's shoulders

push with the shoulders

carry a burden, either real or metaphoric

Webster

shoulder (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.

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.

Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.

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

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

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

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.

Webster

shoulder (v. t.)

To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.

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.

Webster

shoulder (v. i.)

To push with the shoulder; to make one's way, as through a crowd, by using the shoulders; to move swaying the shoulders from side to side.

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schouder

the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm, a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg, a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the

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