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Shouldering

verb
Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.verbTo push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
2.verbTo put (something) on one's shoulders.
3.verbTo place (something) against one's shoulders.
4.verbTo bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
5.verbTo accept responsibility for.
"shoulder the blame"
6.verbTo form a shape resembling a shoulder.
7.verbTo move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
8.verbTo 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.
9.verbTo slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
10.nounThe act of pushing or barging with the shoulder.
11.nounThe process of bracing a load with a jutting structural member such as a corbel or bracket.
12.nounA flanged portion of something, similar to a lip but occurring on the side rather than the rim.
13.nounThe rounding and raising of the top edges of slate tiles.

Synonyms

shoulder jointarticulatio humeribearingcarryingtakingfulfillingsharingassumingwhalespushingoverpushraise

Rhymes With

smolderingmolderingmoulderingboulderingshoulder hung
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