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shoulder
[ shohl-der ]
/ ˈʃoʊl dər /
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noun
verb (used with object)
verb (used without object)
to push with or as if with the shoulder: to shoulder through a crowd.
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Idioms about shoulder
Origin of shoulder
First recorded before 900; Middle English noun sholder, s(c)hulder, Old English sculdor; cognate with Dutch schouder, German Schulter; the verb is derivative of the noun
OTHER WORDS FROM shoulder
outshoulder, verb (used with object)re·shoul·der, verb (used with object)un·shoul·dered, adjectiveWords nearby shoulder
shot tower, shottsuru, shot up, Shotwell, should, shoulder, shoulder bag, shoulder blade, shoulder board, shoulder girdle, shoulder harness
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British Dictionary definitions for shoulder
shoulder
/ (ˈʃəʊldə) /
noun
verb
Word Origin for shoulder
Old English sculdor; related to Old High German sculterra
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