shoulder

SHOULDER, noun 1. The joint by which the arm of a human being or the fore leg of a quadruped is connected with the body; or in man, the projection formed by the bones called scapula or shoulder blades, which extend from the basis of the neck in a horizontal direction.2. The upper joint of the fore leg of an animal cut for th emarket; as a shoulder of mutton.3. Shoulders, in the plural, the upper part of the back.Adown her shoulders fell her length of hair. Dryden.4. Figuratively, support; sustaining power; or that which elevates and sustains.For on thy shoulders do I build my seat. Shak.5. Among artificers, something like the human shoulder; a horizontal or rectangular projection from the body of a thing.SHOULDER, verb transitive 1. To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence.Around her numberless the rabble flow'd, Should'ring each other, crowding for a view. Rowe.As they the earth would shoulder from her seat. Spenser.2. To take upon the shoulder; as, to shoulder a basket