Shoulder - Definition

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"