meaning of shoulder
1. The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint.
2. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.
3. Fig. : That which supports or sustains; support.
4. That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.
5. The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton.
6. The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.
7. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc. , as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc.
8. To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.
9. To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt.
10. narrow edge of land usually unpaved along the side of a road
Related Words
shoulder | shoulder bag | shoulder blade | shoulder board | shoulder bone | shoulder flash | shoulder girdle | shoulder holster | shoulder in | shoulder joint | shoulder mark | shoulder pad | shoulder patch | shoulder strap | shoulder vise | shoulder-shotten | shoulder-to-shoulder | shouldered | shouldered arch | shouldering |
