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What (who) is shoulder - definition

PART OF THE BODY

Schouder; Sholder; Broken shoulder; Shoulder fracture; Shoulder broadening; Shoulder widening; Widening of the shoulders; Broadening of the shoulders; Widening of shoulders; Broadening of shoulders; Shoulders

Shoulder

·noun Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.

II. Shoulder ·noun The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. ·see ·Illust. of Bastion.

III. Shoulder ·vt To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to Jostle.

IV. Shoulder ·noun That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.

V. Shoulder ·noun The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton.

VI. Shoulder ·add. ·vi 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.

VII. Shoulder ·vt 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.

VIII. Shoulder ·noun 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.

IX. Shoulder ·noun 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.

X. Shoulder ·noun 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

(shoulders, shouldering, shouldered)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

Your shoulders are between your neck and the tops of your arms.

She led him to an armchair, with her arm round his shoulder...

He glanced over his shoulder and saw me watching him.

N-COUNT: oft poss N

2.

The shoulders of a piece of clothing are the parts that cover your shoulders.

...extravagant fashions with padded shoulders.

N-COUNT

3.

When you talk about someone's problems or responsibilities, you can say that they carry them on their shoulders.

No one suspected the anguish he carried on his shoulders...

N-PLURAL: poss N

4.

If you shoulder the responsibility or the blame for something, you accept it.

He has had to shoulder the responsibility of his father's mistakes...

= accept

VERB: V n

5.

If you shoulder something heavy, you put it across one of your shoulders so that you can carry it more easily.

The rest of the group shouldered their bags, gritted their teeth and set off...

VERB: V n

6.

If you shoulder someone aside or if you shoulder your way somewhere, you push past people roughly using your shoulder.

The policemen rushed past him, shouldering him aside...

She could do nothing to stop him as he shouldered his way into the house...

He shouldered past Harlech and opened the door.

VERB: V n with aside, V way prep/adv, V past/through n

7.

A shoulder is a joint of meat from the upper part of the front leg of an animal.

...shoulder of lamb.

N-VAR

8.

see also cold-shoulder
, hard shoulder

9.

If someone offers you a shoulder to cry on or is a shoulder to cry on, they listen sympathetically as you talk about your troubles.

Roland sometimes saw me as a shoulder to cry on.

PHRASE: usu PHR after v

10.

If you say that someone or something stands head and shoulders above other people or things, you mean that they are a lot better than them.

The two candidates stood head and shoulders above the rest...

PHRASE: PHR above n

11.

If two or more people stand shoulder to shoulder, they are standing next to each other, with their shoulders touching.

They fell into step, walking shoulder to shoulder with their heads bent against the rain...

PHRASE: PHR after v, v-link PHR

12.

If people work or stand shoulder to shoulder, they work together in order to achieve something, or support each other.

They could fight shoulder-to-shoulder against a common enemy...

PHRASE: usu v PHR

13.

a chip on one's shoulder: see chip

to rub shoulders with: see rub

shoulder

¦ noun

1. the joint between the upper arm or forelimb and the main part of the body.

the part of a bird or insect at which the wing is attached.

2. a part of something resembling a shoulder, in particular a point at which a steep slope descends from a plateau or highland area.

3. short for hard shoulder.

¦ verb

1. put (something heavy) over one's shoulder or shoulders to carry.

2. take on (a burden or responsibility).

3. push out of one's way with one's shoulder.

Phrases

put one's shoulder to the wheel set to work vigorously.

shoulder arms hold a rifle against the right side of the body, barrel upwards.

shoulder to shoulder side by side or acting together.

Derivatives

-shouldered adjective

Origin

OE sculdor, of W. Gmc origin.

Wikipedia

Shoulder

The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons. The articulations between the bones of the shoulder make up the shoulder joints. The shoulder joint, also known as the glenohumeral joint, is the major joint of the shoulder, but can more broadly include the acromioclavicular joint. In human anatomy, the shoulder joint comprises the part of the body where the humerus attaches to the scapula, and the head sits in the glenoid cavity. The shoulder is the group of structures in the region of the joint.

The shoulder joint is the main joint of the shoulder. It is a ball and socket joint that allows the arm to rotate in a circular fashion or to hinge out and up away from the body. The joint capsule is a soft tissue envelope that encircles the glenohumeral joint and attaches to the scapula, humerus, and head of the biceps. It is lined by a thin, smooth synovial membrane. The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that surround the shoulder joint and contribute to the shoulder's stability. The muscles of the rotator cuff are supraspinatus, subscapularis, infraspinatus, and teres minor. The cuff adheres to the glenohumeral capsule and attaches to the humeral head.

The shoulder must be mobile enough for the wide range actions of the arms and hands, but stable enough to allow for actions such as lifting, pushing, and pulling.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shoulder

Examples of use of shoulder

1. Shoulder to shoulder, they strode purposefully in the sunshine.

2. We all stand in rows, next to each other, shoulder to shoulder.

3. Such information would be easy to get — his comrades stand shoulder to shoulder with us.

4. They stood shoulder to shoulder in the crowded dock, flanked by seven security guards.

5. You have to do that shoulder–to–shoulder with Iraqi security forces.