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shoulder

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Synonyms: smoulder, shudder, smolder, holder, boulder, sounder, should, moulder, foulder, shoaler, solder

Antonyms: smoulder, shudder, smolder, holder, boulder, sounder, should, moulder, foulder, shoaler, solder

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Noun

  1. The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket.
  2. Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
  3. {{lb|en|topography}} A shelf between two levels.
  4. {{lb|en|printing}} The flat portion of [[type]] that is below the [[bevelled]] portion that joins up with the [[face]].
  5. {{lb|en|of an object}} The portion between the neck and the body.
  6. {{lb|en|figurative}} That which supports or sustains; [[support]].
  7. The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.[[File:Parts of a Yale lock-type key.svg|thumb|Parts of a Yale lock-type key]]
  8. {{lb|en|surfing}} The part of a [[wave]] that has not yet [[break|broken]].
  9. {{lb|en|aviation}} A [[season]] or a [[time of day]] when there is relatively little [[air traffic]].

Verb

  1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[push]] (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
  2. {{lb|en|transitive|by extension}} To bully, manipulate or [[pull rank]] on (somebody).
  3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[put]] (something) on one's shoulders.
  4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To place (something) against one's shoulders.
  5. {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively}} To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
  6. {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively}} To accept responsibility for.
  7. {{lb|en|transitive}} To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
  8. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
  9. {{lb|en|transitive}} To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
  10. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
  11. {{lb|en|transitive|archaic|slang}} Of a [[servant]]: to [[embezzle]] [[money]] from (the employer). <!--John Camden Hotten's ''Slang Dictionary'' (1873)-->

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