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Shoulder

noun

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. Synonyms: articulatio humeri, shoulder joint.

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. Synonym: berm.

verb

(past & past part. shouldered; pres. part. shouldering)

Lift onto one's shoulders.

Push with the shoulders.

Carry a burden, either real or metaphoric.

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"Shoulder" Quotes from Famous Books

... juries and detectives; appointments in queer places to meet queer people—all this had passed before me with the rapidity of a landscape viewed from the window of an express train; and now that the chapter had closed, I found that it was but the preface to the real business I had set my shoulder to. ...

— A Girl Among the Anarchists • Isabel Meredith

... which did greatly vex and incense them of Ghent. As James Van Artevelde rode along the street, he soon perceived that there was something fresh against him, for those who were wont to bow down and take off their caps to him turned him a cold shoulder, and went back into their houses. Then he began to be afraid; and so soon as he had dismounted at his house, he had all the doors and windows shut and barred. Scarcely had his varlets done so, when the street in which he lived was covered, front and back, with folk, and chiefly ...

— A Popular History of France From The Earliest Times - Volume II. of VI. • Francois Pierre Guillaume Guizot

... divided the net into eight equal parts. Mark the net at each fold and open it out (Fig. 30). Cut armholes in the divisions marked 2 (Fig. 30) to fit over the shoulders, sew together the two ends, bind the shoulder armholes holding the net loosely that it may not pull and strain. Sew an elastic to back corner of each armhole, hem the top of net strip and run an elastic through hem to fit snugly on base of hat crown. Gather lower edges of net; ...

— On the Trail - An Outdoor Book for Girls • Lina Beard and Adelia Belle Beard

... which it caused him at Hastings. Lamb had been medically advised to a course of sea-bathing; and accordingly at the door of his bathing machine, whilst he stood shivering with cold, two stout fellows laid hold of him, one at each shoulder, like heraldic supporters; they waited for the word of command from their principal, who began the following oration to them: "Hear me, men! Take notice of this—I am to be dipped." What more he would ...

— Biographical Essays • Thomas de Quincey

... his shoulder. Two railroad men had followed him and were now lounging against the porch railing. One had his right eye bandaged while the other carried one arm in a sling. Both scowled as they eyed ...

— Aunt Jane's Nieces and Uncle John • Edith Van Dyne

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