shoulder

shoulder
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noun
1 part of the body
ADJECTIVE
dislocated, fractured, frozen, injured, sore, wounded

His frozen shoulder has stopped him from playing tennis.

SHOULDER + NOUN
injury
blade, bones, joint, muscle, socket

The bullet hit him squarely between the shoulder blades.

height, level
harness, sling, strap
pad
bag
PREPOSITION
over your shoulder

He slung the sack over his shoulder and set off.

PHRASES
a pat on the shoulder

He gave me a reassuring pat on the shoulder.

shoulder to shoulder

The route of the procession was lined with police officers standing shoulder to shoulder.

tap sb on the shoulder

I tapped the man on the shoulder and asked him to move.

2 shoulders the part between the two shoulders
ADJECTIVE
broad, huge, muscled, muscular, powerful, strong, wide
delicate, slim
narrow, thin
square
round
bony
bowed
bare
tense, tight
VERB + SHOULDERS
shrug

When I asked him why he'd done it he just shrugged his shoulders.

hunch

He hunched his shoulders against the cold wind.

drop, relax

Inhale, drop your shoulders and raise your chest.

roll, rotate

Roll your shoulders forward and take a deep breath.

square, straighten

In an aggressive situation, we stand tall and square our shoulders.

SHOULDERS + VERB
be bent, be bowed, be stooped

She was crouched with her head forward and her shoulders bent.

droop, drop, sag, slump

My shoulders dropped with relief.

lift, shrug

Her shoulders lifted in a vague shrug.

heave, shake, twitch

His broad shoulders heaved with sobs.

stiffen, tense, tighten
relax
PREPOSITION
on sb's shoulders

The child sat on her father's shoulders to watch the parade go by.

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verb
1 accept the responsibility for sth
VERB + SHOULDER
have to, must

She had to shoulder the burden of childcare.

be willing to
be unwilling to

He was unwilling to shoulder this responsibility alone.

2 push sb/sth with your shoulder
ADVERB
roughly

We were shouldered roughly out of the way.

aside, out of the way
open

He shouldered open the door.

past
PHRASES
shoulder your way past sb/sth, shoulder your way through sth

She shouldered her way through the crowd.

Shoulder is used with these nouns as the object: ↑backpack, ↑bag, ↑blame, ↑burden, ↑load, ↑responsibility, ↑rucksack, ↑way

Collocations dictionary. 2013.

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  • Shoulder — Shoul der, n. [OE. shulder, shuldre, schutder, AS. sculdor; akin to D. schoulder, G. schulter, OHG. scultarra, Dan. skulder, Sw. skuldra.] 1. (Anat.) The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shoulder — [shōl′dər] n. [ME schuldere < OE sculdor, akin to Ger schulter < IE * skḷdhrā, shoulder blade used as a spade < base * (s)kel , to cut > SHELL, SHILLING, SKULL] 1. a) the joint connecting the arm or forelimb with the body b) the part… …   English World dictionary

  • shoulder — ► NOUN 1) the joint between the upper arm or forelimb and the main part of the body. 2) a joint of meat from the upper foreleg and shoulder blade of an animal. 3) a part of something resembling a shoulder, in particular a point at which a steep… …   English terms dictionary

  • Shoulder — Shoul der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Shouldered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Shouldering}.] 1. To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle. [1913 Webster] As they the earth would shoulder from her seat. Spenser. [1913 Webster] Around… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shoulder — O.E. sculdor, from W.Gmc. *skuldro (Cf. M.Du. scouder, Du. schouder, O.Fris. skoldere, M.L.G. scholder, O.H.G. scultra, Ger. Schulter), of unknown origin, perhaps related to SHIELD (Cf. shield). Meaning edge of the road is attested from 1933. The …   Etymology dictionary

  • Shoulder — Shoul der, v. i. 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. A yoke of the great sulky white bullocks . . . came shouldering along together. Kipling.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • shoulder — [v1] be responsible for accept, assume, bear, carry, take on, take upon oneself; concept 23 Ant. deny, refuse shoulder [v2] push, jostle bulldoze*, elbow, hustle, nudge, press, push aside, shove, thrust; concept 208 …   New thesaurus

  • shoulder — index assume (undertake), bear (support), bolster, maintain (sustain), underwrite Burton s Legal …   Law dictionary

  • Shoulder — Infobox Anatomy Name = PAGENAME Latin = articulatio humeri GraySubject = 81 GrayPage = 313 Caption = Diagram of the human shoulder joint Caption2 = Capsule of shoulder joint (distended). Anterior aspect. Width = 300 Precursor = System = Artery =… …   Wikipedia

  • shoulder — shoul|der1 W2S2 [ˈʃəuldə US ˈʃouldər] n ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(body part)¦ 2¦(clothes)¦ 3¦(meat)¦ 4 be looking over your shoulder 5 6 shoulder to shoulder 7 on somebody s shoulders 8 put your shoulder to the wheel 9¦(road side)¦ …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • shoulder — [[t]ʃo͟ʊldə(r)[/t]] ♦♦ shoulders, shouldering, shouldered 1) N COUNT: oft poss N 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… …   English dictionary

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