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shoulder English

Meaning shoulder meaning

What does shoulder mean?
Definitions in simple English

shoulder Noun

— The part of the body where an arm attaches or joins.

shoulder Verb

— To push something or someone out of the way using one's shoulder. He shouldered his way in through the crowd. — To carry some weight on one's shoulders, literally or figuratively. The task was hard, but she shouldered it as best she could.

shoulder

— noun the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm — verb lift onto one's shoulders — verb push with the shoulders He shouldered his way into the crowd — verb carry a burden, either real or metaphoric shoulder the burden — noun a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula — noun a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road the car pulled off onto the shoulder — noun the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder an ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform — noun a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg

Synonyms shoulder synonyms

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shoulder English » English

bear upper arm shove arm wing verge push jostle carry on shoulder berm thrust shoulder joint hard shoulder elbow assume verge of a road undertake take on shoulder blade replat ram push aside propel nudge knock hustle hold force drive carry on the back carry bump blade articulatio humeri upper leg tuck truncated edge teat take up take over sustain stuff soft shoulder singlet sidewalk side of the road shoulders shoulderblade shoulder-blade shoulder tip

Topics shoulder topics

What do people use shoulder to talk about?
Universe, creation World Land

Mountain
Person Body

Torso
Person Body Limb

Arm
Work and occupation Working with buildings Infrastructure

Road
Physical actions Move something

Carry
Grammar Case Semantically similar events

With, do with someone
Person Body

Bone, joint
Social behavior Relationships Disunity

Unfriendly
Physical actions Move something Move something in a direction

Push

Conjugation shoulder conjugation

How do you conjugate shoulder?

shoulder · verb

Examples shoulder examples

How do I use shoulder in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I was walking down the street when suddenly someone tapped me on the shoulder.
My right shoulder hurts.
Tom slung his bag over his shoulder.
Tom felt someone tap him on the shoulder.
The doctor treated my shoulder.
Tom tapped me on the shoulder.
Bill tapped me on the shoulder.
The rich friend gave him the cold shoulder.
I have a pain in the shoulder.
The joint of my left shoulder aches.
Patting me on the shoulder, he thanked me for helping him.
Someone tapped me on the shoulder.
He has a strong shoulder for you to lean on.
He patted me on the shoulder with a smile.
He looked backward over his shoulder.
He carried a rifle on his shoulder.
He was wounded in the shoulder.
He rested his hand on my shoulder.
He patted his brother on the shoulder.
He touched her on the shoulder.
I felt a severe pain on the shoulder.
While I was taking a walk, someone tapped me on the shoulder.
I felt a light touch on my shoulder.
I felt myself touched on the shoulder.
To succeed we must go shoulder to shoulder.
I have had my hair cut shoulder length.
He looked back over his shoulder.
He tapped me on the shoulder.

Movie subtitles

So I'm just-- you know, you're always looking over your shoulder.
And you need a shoulder to cry on?
My dad won an award for shoulder impingement relief, so.
I only got to know him properly recently when I got shoulder-tapped to take over his gardening role in Wadsworth.
You have a shoulder of pork on your table.
Well, most of the thalidomides don't have normal hip or shoulder joints, so we make each set specially to fit them.
If she pushes any harder for an off-the-shoulder neckline, she'll have me to reckon with.
Weighs in at sixty pounds, height at shoulder fourteen inches.
Left shoulder, arms!
What have you on your shoulder for heads?
I think I strained my shoulder last night.
Shoulder to shoulder?
We are happy to say...that the shot merely caused a flesh wound in Monsieur Ropa's shoulder...and he has been able to return home.
Shoulder to shoulder.
Would you mind putting your hand on my other shoulder?
Make a wish and throw some over your left shoulder.
We must stand shoulder to shoulder.
We are happy to say, however, that the shot fired. merely caused a slight flesh wound in Monsieur Ropa's shoulder. and he has been able to return home.
If you understand what I'm saying, put your hand on my shoulder.
He's wearing an empty shoulder holster.
Then, right in my dreams, I'd feel a hand falling on my shoulder.
With the spook of old Metford sitting on my shoulder. You certainly are a cheerful bloke.
Here, put your arm over my shoulder.
Leave me alone! I don't want anyone over my shoulder!
I hate having someone over my shoulder.
Shoulder arms!
Say, can I use your shoulder for a while?
I just offered your husband to shoulder all his mortgages take over all outstanding notes and put him on a salary if he'll let me take over the farm and work it my way.
You notice it doesn't throw my shoulder out like it used to?
When a gentleman is tapped on the shoulder, he releases the lady to another partner.
Shoulder spades!
I don't want anyone over my shoulder!
Don't read over my shoulder.

News and current affairs

We need to accept that not everything can be run from the center, which means more trust and more partnership, but also more willingness to shoulder responsibility further down the line.
But they do not want America alone to shoulder the burdens of international peace, and they are gradually coming to the realization that leadership and cooperation do not come automatically, simply because America is the only superpower.
Intelligence and military support for both countries will be essential, as will enhanced efforts to help Jordan shoulder its massive refugee burden.
The largest developing nations - China, India, and Russia - will need to shoulder some of the burden of reducing greenhouse-gas emissions.
Rich countries' larger contribution to environmental damage means that they must shoulder greater responsibility for fixing the problem.
While enlargement remains the EU's most important geo-strategic goal, we must shoulder our global responsibility in other ways as well.
The US cannot be expected to shoulder the post-conflict burdens of peacekeeping alone.
Thanks to its massive North Sea oil reserves, the country has achieved a level of wealth unimaginable only a generation ago - and which has allowed it to cold-shoulder the European Union since 1994.
All countries will have to shoulder their responsibilities to the rest of the world and to future generations.
They all have very large net social security liabilities; they all have excessive entitlements and too few future taxpayers to shoulder the burden.
It is argued that, to avoid a default, private creditors should agree to shoulder part of the cost of the bailout.
If Europe wants to pull its weight on the global stage, it will have to act with greater unity of purpose and shoulder a greater share of responsibility.
Alternatively, China could shoulder some real responsibility for security in East Asia and close ranks against Kim and his reckless brinksmanship.
The US should help shoulder the burden by accepting 100,000 refugees next year and using its influence to persuade other countries to join an international resettlement initiative.
If those whose instinct is to be generous are left alone to shoulder the burden, that generosity will not last for long.
The Sunni reaction to Iran may reflect deep-seated suspicions about the Shia (witness the cold shoulder given by most Sunnis to Shia rule in Iraq).
Of course, it is always easier to export blame than to shoulder it.
Because private companies reap the benefits of the trials that do succeed, they should also shoulder the risks.
Yet, when it comes to protecting this global treasure, these countries are expected to shoulder the burden by themselves.
CAIRO - This summer, as the dust of the Arab Spring revolutions begins to settle, women - who stood shoulder to shoulder with men in defying tyranny - are finding themselves marginalized and excluded from decision-making.
Otherwise, not only will Europe's global political ambitions become untenable, but its allies on the other side of the Atlantic will lose patience with Europeans' refusal to shoulder their share of the security burden.
Indeed, complaints about stagnating incomes and poor public services gave way to displays of unqualified support for the government, with citizens declaring their willingness to shoulder the costs of confronting the West.
This, too, will fuel chaos, because none of these powers is strong enough to shoulder the American burden.
Instead, we are witnessing the birth of a non-polar order, in which America's chief competitors remain too busy with problems at home and in their immediate neighborhoods to shoulder the heaviest international burdens.

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