| Shoulder |
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. |
| Shoulder |
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. |
| Shoulder |
n. |
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. |
| Shoulder |
n. |
Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support. |
| Shoulder |
n. |
That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing. |
| Shoulder |
n. |
The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton. |
| Shoulder |
n. |
The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion. |
| Shoulder |
n. |
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. |
| Shoulder |
v. t. |
To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle. |
| Shoulder |
v. t. |
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. |
| Shoulder-shotten |
a. |
Sprained in the shoulder, as a horse. |
| Shouldered |
imp. & p. p. |
of Shoulder |
| Shouldered |
a. |
Having shoulders;
used in composition; as, a broad-shouldered man. |
| Shouldering |
p. pr. & vb. n. |
of Shoulder |
