shoulder

shoulder is a 8-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 13 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 13 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint.
2. noun. The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.
3. noun. Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.
4. noun. That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.
5. noun. The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton.
6. noun. The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.
7. noun. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc.
8. transitive verb. To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.
9. transitive verb. To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt.
10. noun. a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road

    "the car pulled off onto the shoulder"

    Synonyms: berm

11. noun. the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder

    "an ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform"

12. noun. the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
13. noun. a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
14. noun. a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
15. verb. push with the shoulders

    "He shouldered his way into the crowd"

16. verb. carry a burden, either real or metaphoric

    "shoulder the burden"

17. verb. lift onto one's shoulders

Synonyms

berm

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in shoulder:

shoulerd

Common word forms

shoulders, shouldered, shoulderer, shouldering

Words from these letters

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