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Shoulder

Noun

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1.NounThe part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket. The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
"The parrot was sitting on Steve's shoulder."
2.NounThe part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
"The parrot was sitting on Steve's shoulder."
3.NounThe joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
4.NounA cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
5.NounThe portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
6.NounAnything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
7.NounA shelf between two levels. A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
"He stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway to change the flat tire."
8.NounA usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
"He stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway to change the flat tire."
9.NounThe portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
10.NounA lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
11.NounThe angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
12.NounAn 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.
13.NounThe flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
14.NounThe portion between the neck and the body. 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. The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
15.NounThe rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
16.NounThe rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
17.NounThe angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
18.NounThat which supports or sustains; support.
19.NounThe part of a key between the cuts and the bow.Parts of a Yale lock-type key
20.NounThe part of a wave that has not yet broken.
21.NounA season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
22.VerbTo push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
23.VerbTo bully, manipulate or pull rank on (somebody).
"He shouldered me out of my own band."
24.VerbTo put (something) on one's shoulders.
25.VerbTo place (something) against one's shoulders.
26.VerbTo bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
27.VerbTo accept responsibility for.
"shoulder the blame"
28.VerbTo form a shape resembling a shoulder.
29.VerbTo move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
30.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.
31.VerbTo slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
32.VerbOf a servant: to embezzle money from (the employer).
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