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1. The part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
    
2. A cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
    
3. A ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
   - shoulder joint, articulatio humeri
    
4. The part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder
   "an ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform"
    
5. A narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
   "the car pulled off onto the shoulder";
   - berm

1. Lift onto one's shoulders
    
2. Push with the shoulders
   "He shouldered his way into the crowd"
    
3. Carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
   "shoulder the burden"

Derived forms: shoulders, shouldering, shouldered

Type of: articulatio spheroidea, ball-and-socket joint, body part, bring up, carry, cloth covering, cotyloid joint, cut, cut of meat, edge, elevate, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, get up, lift, raise, spheroid joint, thrust, transport

Part of: body, chuck, chuck steak, garment, road, route, torso, trunk

Encyclopedia: Shoulder, cheeks and maw