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Meaning of shoulder

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  shoulder
      n 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 [syn: {shoulder}, {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" [syn:
         {shoulder}, {berm}]
      v 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"

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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