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Definition of "shoulder"

shoulder

Từ điển Collocation

shoulder noun

¹ part of the body between the neck and the arm

ADJ. dislocated, frozen His frozen shoulder has stopped him playing tennis.

SHOULDER + NOUN injury | blade, bones, joint, muscle, socket The bullet hit him squarely between the shoulder blades. | height, level | width Keep the feet shoulder width apart. | harness, sling, strap | injury

PREP. over your ~ He slung the sack over his shoulder and set off.

PHRASES a pat on the shoulder He gave me a reassuring pat on the shoulder. | shoulder to shoulder The route of the procession was lined with police officers standing shoulder to shoulder. | tap sb on the shoulder I tapped the man on the shoulder and asked him to move.

² shoulders: the part between the two shoulders

ADJ. big, broad, great, huge, manly, massive, muscled, muscular, powerful, strong, wide | delicate, shapely, slim | narrow, thin | square | round | bony | bowed | bare | tense, tight | tired

VERB + SHOULDER shrug When I asked him why he'd done it he just shrugged his shoulders. | hunch He hunched his shoulders against the cold wind.

SHOULDER + VERB be bent, be bowed, be stooped She was crouched with her head forward and her shoulders bent. | droop, drop, sag, slump My shoulders dropped with relief. | lift, shrug Her shoulders lifted in a vague shrug. | heave, shake, twitch His enormous shoulders heaved with sobs. | stiffen, tighten | relax

PREP. on your ~s The child sat on her father's shoulders to watch the parade go by.

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Từ điển WordNet

n.

• the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
• a cut of beef from the shoulder of the animal
• a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula; shoulder joint, articulatio humeri
• narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road; berm

v.

• lift onto one's shoulders
• push with the shoulders

  He shouldered his way into the crowd

• carry a burden, either real or metaphoric

  shoulder the burden

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Oil and Gas Field Glossary

(Make-Up) Flat surface at the extremities of rotary pins and boxes lying at right angles to the longitudinal axis of the connection. When pin and box are fully engaged, the shoulders are forced together and provide a seal which prevents leakage into or out of the connection.

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English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

shoulders|shouldered|shouldering
syn.: articulatio humeri berm shoulder joint