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Definition of Shoulder
1. Verb. Lift onto one's shoulders.
2. Noun. The part of the body between the neck and the upper arm.
Terms within: Armpit, Axilla, Axillary Cavity, Axillary Fossa, Teres, Teres Muscle
Group relationships: Body, Torso, Trunk
3. Verb. Push with the shoulders. "He shouldered his way into the crowd"
4. Noun. A cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg.
5. Verb. Carry a burden, either real or metaphoric. "Shoulder the burden"
6. Noun. A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula.
Terms within: Scapula, Shoulder Blade, Shoulder Bone, Arteria Circumflexa Humeri, Circumflex Humeral Artery, Arteria Circumflexa Scapulae, Circumflex Scapular Artery, Rotator Cuff
Group relationships: Body, Torso, Trunk
Generic synonyms: Articulatio Spheroidea, Ball-and-socket Joint, Cotyloid Joint, Enarthrodial Joint, Enarthrosis, Spheroid Joint
7. Noun. The part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder. "An ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform"
8. Noun. A narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road. "The car pulled off onto the shoulder"
Generic synonyms: Edge
Specialized synonyms: Hard Shoulder
Group relationships: Road, Route
Definition of Shoulder
1. n. 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. v. t. To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.
3. v. i. To push with the shoulder; to make one's way, as through a crowd, by using the shoulders; to move swaying the shoulders from side to side.
Definition of Shoulder
1. Noun. (anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding area. ¹
2. Noun. A part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency; a hard shoulder. ¹
3. Noun. A cut of meat comprised of the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle. ¹
4. Noun. The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed. ¹
5. Noun. The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak. ¹
6. Noun. The lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain. ¹
7. Noun. (printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face. ¹
8. Noun. (music) The rounded portion of stringed instrument where the neck joins the body. ¹
9. Noun. The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body. ¹
10. Verb. (transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder. ¹
11. Verb. (transitive) To carry (something) on one's shoulders. ¹
12. Verb. (context: figuratively transitive) To accept responsibility for. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shoulder
1. to assume the burden or responsibility of [v -ED, -ING, -S]
Medical Definition of Shoulder
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