Uk English Meaning of shoulder
shoulder
Other Uk English words related to shoulder
Nearest Words of shoulder
- shoulder bag => Shoulder bag
- shoulder blade => Shoulder blade
- shoulder board => Epaulette
- shoulder bone => Shoulder blade
- shoulder flash => Epaulette
- shoulder girdle => Shoulder girdle
- shoulder holster => Shoulder holster
- shoulder in => Shoulder in
- shoulder joint => Shoulder joint
- shoulder mark => shoulder mark
Definitions and Meaning of shoulder in English
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
shoulder (v)
lift onto one's shoulders
push with the shoulders
carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
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.
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.
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.
FAQs About the word shoulder
shoulder
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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