Shoulder is valid Scrabble Word

Definitions for SHOULDER in dictionary:

VERB:
• to assume the burden of, also SHOUTHER
• take on (a burden or responsibility)
• To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.
• 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.
• lift onto one\'s shoulders
• push with the shoulders
• carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
• bear (a burden or responsibility)
• put (something heavy) over one's shoulder or shoulders to carry
• push (someone or something) out of one's way with one's shoulder
• make progress by shouldering someone or something out of one's way
NOUN:
• (in quadrupeds) the joint of the upper forelimb and the adjacent part of the back.
• the part of a bird or insect at which the wing is attached.
• a joint of meat from the upper foreleg and shoulder blade of an animal
• a part of a garment covering the shoulder
• the upper part of the back and arms
• a part of something resembling a shoulder in shape, position, or function
• a point at which a steep slope descends from a plateau or highland area
• part of the body to which an arm, foreleg, or wing is attached
• 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.
• 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.
• Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.
• That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.
• The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton.
• The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.
• 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.
• the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
• a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
• a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
• the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder
• a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
• the upper joint of each of a person's arms and the part of the body between this and the neck
• a person's shoulders regarded as bearing responsibility or hardship or providing strength
OTHER DEFINITIONS:
• to assume the burden or responsibility of

Words related to SHOULDER

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Words that contain SHOULDER

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How to use SHOULDER in a sentence

• The uppermost side of the shoulder being now finished, the joint should be turned, and slices taken off along its whole length.
• The latter was just low enough to let me rest my head comfortably on her shoulder.
• He turned back towards the goods yard of the Great Western Railway, wrenched up the standard of a tall arc light, a formidable mace for him, and flung it over his shoulder.
• At every moment he looked sharply over his shoulder.
• So thither I went, leaning on her shoulder, and she returned to bring the wine, but was some while absent, and I sat deep in thought.
• The light falls over the right shoulder, casting one side of the face in shadow.
• James looked his thanks over his shoulder at her, as she nodded and smiled before turning to leave the room.
• Twice he stopped to shift the baby from one shoulder to the other.
• But his loyal stocking kept descending, and his suit-case dangled from a stick over his shoulder.
• An arm slashed off at the shoulder would fall from their bodies.
• What would I not have given to be able to look over her shoulder, without discovery! She finished her letter, and put the address, and closed the envelope.
• Even as his hand rose, the concussor struck the outer side of his arm, between the shoulder and the elbow, on the exact spot where the musculo-spiral nerve turns round the bone.
• He usually wore a coat and carried his gun in a shoulder holster.
• She stood silent by his sofa, one little hand resting fondly on his shoulder, but profoundly quiet.
• As Frank walked slowly along, with his gun on his shoulder, he could not help thinking of the many times he had been on such excursions about his native village.
• The express cracked first, and the hollow-pointed ball struck Pinto under the shoulder.
• You used to let me hide my face on your shoulder, and tell me stories.

Similar words containing SHOULD without suffix er

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