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.
- These necklines accentuate the shoulders and neck of the wearer.
- 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.