SHOULDER

/ˈʃəʊldə/ ► audio Scrabble 12 Words With Friends 13

Definition

  1. verb lift onto one's shoulders.
  2. verb push with the shoulders.
  3. verb carry a burden, either real or metaphoric.
  4. noun the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm.
  5. noun a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg.
  6. noun a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula. — synonyms: shoulder_joint, articulatio_humeri
  7. noun the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder.
  8. noun a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road. — synonyms: berm

Examples

  • “shoulder the blame”

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