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| Sounds | show'lder |
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| Rhymes | adder, alder, Alexander, and 194 more rhymes in der at the HyperDic website... |
| Meaning | The part of the body between the neck and the upper arm. |
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| Part of | torso, trunk, body |
| Parts | armpit, axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa; teres, teres muscle |
| Broader | body part |
| Adjectives | shouldered |
| Verbs | shoulder; shoulder; shoulder |
| Meaning | A cut of beef from the shoulder of the animal. |
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| Part of | chuck |
| Broader | cut of beef |
| Meaning | A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula. |
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| Synonyms | shoulder joint, articulatio humeri |
| Part of | torso, trunk, body |
| Parts | scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone; circumflex humeral artery, arteria circumflexa humeri; circumflex scapular artery, arteria circumflexa scapulae; rotator cuff |
| Broader | ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea |
| Verbs | shoulder |
| Meaning | Narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road. |
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| Synonyms | berm |
| Part of | road, route |
| Narrower | hard shoulder |
| Broader | edge, margin |
| Meaning | Lift onto one's shoulders. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody |
| Broader | raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up |
| Nouns | shoulder; shoulder |
| Meaning | Push with the shoulders. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "He shouldered his way into the crowd" |
| Broader | thrust |
| Nouns | shoulder |
| Meaning | Carry a burden, either real or metaphoric. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
| Examples | "shoulder the burden" |
| Broader | transport, carry |
| Nouns | shoulder |