Meaning of shoulder | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket.
2. The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
3. shoulder (verge to the side of a road)
4. The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
5. To apply oneself vigorously; make a concentrated effort.
6. A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
7. shoulder to shoulder, side by side; with united effort.
8. The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
9. To take upon oneself:assume, incur, tackle, take on, take over, undertake.
10. Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
11. the broad flat bone of the back of the shoulder. skouerblad عَظْم كَتِفي анат. лопатка omoplata lopatka das Schulterblatt skulderblad ωμοπλάτηomóplato abaluu استحوان كتف lapaluu omoplate עֵצֶם כָּתֵף असंफलक, स्कंधास्थि lopatica lapocka(csont) tulang belikat herðablað scapola 肩甲骨 어깨뼈 mentė lāpstiņa tulang bahu schouderbladskulderbladłopatka د شانه استخوان omoplata omoplat лопатка lopatka lopatica lopatica skulderblad กระดูกสะบัก kürek kemiği 肩胛骨 лопатка شانے کی ہڈی xương vai 肩胛骨
12. A shelf between two levels.
13. A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
14. to begin to work very hard. hard werk يبدأ العَمَل بِصُعوبَه заработвам здраво pôr mãos à obra pořádně se obout (do) sich tüchtig ins Zeug legen smøje ærmerne op og gå igang στρώνομαι στη δουλειά arrimar el hombro kõigest jõust tööle hakkama همت كردن ryhtyä hommiin s'atteler à la tâche לָתֵת כָּתֵף ईमानदारी से प्रयत्न करना odlučno se prihvatiti, uložiti napor beleadja minden erejét mulai bekerja keras takast á við (dare il proprio contributo) がんばる 열심히 노력하다 iš peties (kibti į darbą) nopietni ķ...
15. The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
16. close together; side by side. We'll fight shoulder to shoulder. skouer aan skouer, sy aan sy جَنْبا إلى جَنْب рамо до рамо ombro a ombro bok po boku Schulter an Schulter skulder ved skulder μαζί, ο ένας στο πλευρό του άλλου hombro con hombro õlg õla kõrval شانه به شانه يكديگر rinta rinnan côte à côte כָּתֵף אֶל כָּתֵף कंधे से कंधा मिलाकर rame uz rame vállvetve bahu membahu hlið við hlið spalla a spalla 協力して 어깨를 나란히 하여, 서로 협력하여 petys į petį plecs pie pleca; plecu pie pleca bahu-membahu schoude...
17. A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
18. hombro, unión de la clavícula, la escápula y el húmero; ___ dislocation → dislocación del ___;
19. The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
20. The joint connecting the arm with the torso.
21. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
22. The joint of a vertebrate animal that connects the forelimb to the trunk.
23. The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
24. often shoulders The area of the back from one shoulder to the other.
25. The portion between the neck and the body.
26. The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
27. The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
28. The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
29. That which supports or sustains; support.
    figuratively
30. The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
31. The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
32. A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.

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Examples

“The parrot was sitting on Steve's shoulder.”

“But then I had the flintlock by me for protection. ¶ There were giants in the days when that gun was made; for surely no modern mortal could have held that mass of metal steady to his shoulder. The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window[…].”

“With just the turn of a shoulder she indicated the water front, where, at the end of the dock on which they stood, lay the good ship, Mount Vernon, river packet, the black smoke already pouring from her stacks. In turn he smiled and also shrugged a shoulder.”

“In the firſt Courſe there was a Shoulder of Mutton, cut into an Æquilateral Triangle, a Piece of Beef into a Rhomboides, and a Pudding into a Cycloid.”

“He stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway to change the flat tire.”

“The shoulders are graded and the verges cleared well back to lessen the chances of hitting stray stock.”

“[…]the north-western shoulder of the mountain[…]”

“I certainly was not prepared for the cosy nestling valleys that snuggled against the shoulders of the hills; a land where the graystone cottages and farmsteads still prevailed, but where they had taken on something of the softness of their kind in Gloucester and the Cotswolds, and seemed almost like growths of the soil; […].”

“passage[…]in thy ſhoulder do I builde my Seate;”

“You see you're going to make it into the safety of the shoulder. It feels like the happiest day of your life.”

“For a round-trip journey starting from the UK during the shoulder period (1 April-30 June) […]”

“the determination of noise-induced disturbances during the shoulder hours and their consequences for the consecutive sleep period”

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