shoulder

  • 31shoulder — verb 1) he shouldered the burden Syn: take on (oneself), undertake, accept, assume; bear, carry 2) another kid shouldered him aside Syn: push, shove, thrust, jostle, force, bulldoze …

    Thesaurus of popular words

  • 32shoulder — n 1. projection, protuberance, protrusion, prominence, salient, abutment; shelf, shelve, ledge, sill, hob, mantel, mantelpiece. 2. put one’s shoulder to the wheel strive, endeavor, apply oneself, exert oneself; set to work, roll up one s sleeves …

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  • 33shoulder — See: CHIP ON ONE S SHOULDER, COLD SHOULDER, GOOD HEAD ON ONE S SHOULDERS, HEAD AND SHOULDERS, PUT ONE S SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL, ON ONE S SHOULDERS, RUB ELBOWS or RUB SHOULDERS, SQUARE ONE S SHOULDERS, WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON ONE S SHOULDERS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 34shoulder — See: CHIP ON ONE S SHOULDER, COLD SHOULDER, GOOD HEAD ON ONE S SHOULDERS, HEAD AND SHOULDERS, PUT ONE S SHOULDER TO THE WHEEL, ON ONE S SHOULDERS, RUB ELBOWS or RUB SHOULDERS, SQUARE ONE S SHOULDERS, WEIGHT OF THE WORLD ON ONE S SHOULDERS …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 35shoulder — See: chip on one s shoulder, cold shoulder, good head on one s shoulders, head and shoulders, put one s shoulder to the wheel, on one s shoulders, rub elbows or rub shoulders, square one s shoulders, weight of the world on one s shoulders …

    Словарь американских идиом

  • 36shoulder — adj. [A.S. sculdor, shoulder] 1. Any obtuse angulation. 2. (MOLLUSCA: Gastropoda) The angulation of the shell whorls, forming the abaxial edge of the sutural ramp or shelf; shoulder angle …

    Dictionary of invertebrate zoology

  • 37shoulder — [OE] Shoulder is a general West Germanic word, with relatives in German schulter and Dutch schouder (it was also borrowed into Swedish and Danish as skuldra and skulder respectively). It goes back to a prehistoric *skuldr , but where this came… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 38shoulder — shoul·der || ʃəʊldÉ™(r) n. part of the body between the neck and the upper arm (in humans or animals); something which resembles a shoulder; area bordering a road v. place on the shoulder; take on an obligation, carry a burden, take on… …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 39shoulder — [OE] Shoulder is a general West Germanic word, with relatives in German schulter and Dutch schouder (it was also borrowed into Swedish and Danish as skuldra and skulder respectively). It goes back to a prehistoric *skuldr , but where this came… …

    Word origins

  • 40Shoulder — Girdle Gir dle, n. [OE. gurdel, girdel, AS. gyrdel, fr. gyrdan; akin to D. gordel, G. g[ u]rtel, Icel. gyr?ill. See {Gird}, v. t., to encircle, and cf. {Girth}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. That which girds, encircles, or incloses; a circumference; a… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English