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| shoul·der [ shṓldər ] |
noun (plural shoul·ders) |
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1. place where arm attaches to trunk: either of the two parts of the human body immediately below and at each side of the neck, where the arm joins the trunk
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2. joint attaching forelimb to trunk: the part of the body of a vertebrate animal equivalent to the shoulder, where the forelimb joins the pectoral girdle
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3. part of garment fitting shoulder: a part of a piece of clothing that covers the shoulder
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4. meat from shoulder: a fairly fatty cut of meat consisting of the upper part of a foreleg of an animal
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5. something sloped like shoulder: something resembling a shoulder in position or slope, e.g. the part of a stringed instrument between the neck and body or the slope near the top of a hill
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6. North America roads land beside road: a strip of land along the side of a road
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7. printing type surface that is not letter: a flat surface of printers' type below the base of the raised letter or character
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8. engineering wider portion of shaft: any portion of a shaft or other instrument for transmitting force that has an increase in diameter to withstand thrust
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plural noun shoul·ders |
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1. upper area of back: the upper back, including both shoulders and the area between them
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2. capacity to handle responsibility: the capacity to carry responsibility for something, especially something unpleasant or worrying, or the fact of being responsible for it
  The blame rests on her shoulders.
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verb (past and past participle shoul·dered, present participle shoul·der·ing, 3rd person present singular shoul·ders) |
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1. transitive verb carry or place something on shoulders: to carry, lift, or place something on the shoulders
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2. transitive verb accept responsibility: to accept and bear a burden or responsibility
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3. transitive and intransitive verb move something with shoulder: to push something or make way using a shoulder
She successfully shouldered her way to the front of the crowd.
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| [ Old English sculdor< Germanic] |
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put your shoulder to the wheel to work hard
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rub shoulders with somebody to associate with somebody of a particular type or social class
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shoulder to shoulder
1. side by side
2. in a cooperative effort
They fought shoulder to shoulder to prevent the measure being adopted.
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straight from the shoulder in a frank or blunt way
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