shoulder

IPA: ʃˈoʊɫdɝ

noun

  • The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.
  • The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
  • (anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
  • A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
  • The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
  • Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
  • (topography) A shelf between two levels.
  • A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
  • The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
  • A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
  • The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
  • An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
  • (printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
  • (of an object) The portion between the neck and the body.
  • (music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
  • The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
  • (firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
  • (figurative) That which supports or sustains; support.
  • The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
  • (surfing) The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
  • (aviation) A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.

verb

  • (transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
  • (transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.
  • (transitive) To place (something) against one's shoulders.
  • (transitive, figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
  • (transitive, figuratively) To accept responsibility for.
  • (transitive) To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
  • (intransitive) To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
  • (transitive) To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
  • (intransitive) To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
  • (transitive, archaic, slang) Of a servant: to embezzle money from (the employer).
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Examples of "shoulder" in Sentences

  • She leaned on his shoulder.
  • Her shoulder dislocates easily.
  • Another old design is the shoulder vise.
  • He disliked the epaulet on his shoulder.
  • At the same time, they shrug the shoulders.
  • The shoulder and pelvic girdle are fragmentary.
  • Slings slipping off my shoulder is a pet peeve of mine.
  • "No doubt your shoulder is aching from the shooting," he said.
  • These necklines accentuate the shoulders and neck of the wearer.
  • Behind the shoulder is the most ethical, and makes the most sense.
  • We always straddle the shoulder and lane when a shoulder is available.
  • The bodice was used for shaping the body from the shoulder to the hips.
  • Usually the tumor begins in the upperbody in the shoulder or upper chest.
  • Lesion at the front of the shoulder associated with shoulder dislocation.
  • Personally, the figure most likely to be on my shoulder is my Econ 1 teacher, Bill Dickens.
  • The arm bone near the shoulder is the second most common place for this cancer to start, but it can start in other bones as well.
  • A fleshy scar on my shoulder is the remnant of a fat, dark mole, a blue nevis, removed when I was twelve, and there is a shiny one left from a cyst on my leg when I was fourteen, when I thought it meant I was dying.
  • I have this image in my mind of a person looking at this book in the store and in the background behind their shoulder is a group the size of the Verizon support team saying “Can you buy me now?” on 02 Dec 2009 at 3: 39 pm lunch hour links for writers – 12/2/09 « helluo librorum
  • To top it all, edict from on high, yes I have kept the email, officers on the team are prohibited from changing wheels for any mop with a flat, so even though the shoulder is the most dangerous place on the network we are now to leave cars and occupants there for hours at a time waiting for the fourth emergency service.

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