SHOULDER
\ʃˈə͡ʊldə], \ʃˈəʊldə], \ʃ_ˈəʊ_l_d_ə]\
Definitions of SHOULDER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1898 - Warner's pocket medical dictionary of today.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
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the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
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push with the shoulders; "He shouldered his way into the crowd"
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carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden"
By Princeton University
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a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
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edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
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the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
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push with the shoulders; "He shouldered his way into the crowd"
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carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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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.
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Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.
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That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.
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The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton.
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The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.
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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.
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To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.
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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.
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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.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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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.
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Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.
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That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.
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The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton.
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The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.
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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.
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To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.
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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.
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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.
By Noah Webster.
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The projecting part of the human body between the neck and the place where the arm joins the trunk; in animals, the fore quarter; that which resembles a shoulder; a prominence.
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To take upon the shoulder; assume the responsibility of; as, to shoulder a burden; to push with, or as with, the shoulders; as, to shoulder one's way.
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To push or make one's way by using the shoulders.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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The lateral portion of the scapular region, where the scapula joins with the clavicle and humerus and is covered by the rounded mass of the deltoid.
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By William R. Warner
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The joint which connects the human arm or the foreleg of a quadruped with the body: the flesh and muscles about the shoulder: the upper joint of the foreleg of an animal cut for market: a prominence: (fig.) that which sustains.
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To push with the shoulder or violently: to take upon the shoulder.
By Daniel Lyons
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Joint connecting the arm or fore-leg with the body.
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To push with the shoulder; take upon the shoulder.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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To push with or as with the shoulder.
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The joint connecting the arm or fore limb with the body.
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An enlargement or projection.
By James Champlin Fernald
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The upper part of the back; the which elevates and sustains.
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The joint, or parts about the joints, by which the arm of a man or the foreleg of a quadruped is connected with the body; the upper joint of the foreleg of an animal cut for the market; anything resembling a shoulder; a prominence; the angle of a bastion.
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To push with the shoulder or with violence; to take upon the shoulder. Shoulder of mutton sail, a triangular sail.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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The joint connecting the human arm to the body, or the fore leg of a quadruped; anything resembling the shoulder; a prominence; sustaining power; support; strength.
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To push or thrust with violence; to take upon the shoulder.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Robley Dunglison
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The prominence of the articulation of the cephalic limb with the trunk, constituted chiefly by the clavicle, the scapula, and the head of the humerus; also any similar prominence. [Ang-Sax.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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n. [Anglo Saxon] The joint by which the arm of a human being, or the fore leg of a quadruped, is connected with the body;—the flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder-joint; the upper part of the back;—that which supports or sustains; support;—that which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projecting appendage from the body of a thing;-the fore leg of an animal dressed for market.
