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▸ noun:  The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.
▸ noun:  The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
▸ noun:  (anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
▸ noun:  A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
▸ noun:  The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
▸ noun:  Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
▸ noun:  (topography) A shelf between two levels.
▸ noun:  A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.
▸ noun:  The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
▸ noun:  A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
▸ noun:  The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
▸ noun:  An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
▸ noun:  (printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
▸ noun:  (of an object) The portion between the neck and the body.
▸ noun:  (music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
▸ noun:  The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
▸ noun:  (firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
▸ noun:  (figurative) That which supports or sustains; support.
▸ noun:  The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
▸ noun:  (surfing) The part of a wave that has not yet broken.
▸ noun:  (aviation) A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
▸ verb:  (transitive, by extension) To bully, manipulate or pull rank on (somebody).
▸ verb:  (transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To place (something) against one's shoulders.
▸ verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
▸ verb:  (transitive, figuratively) To accept responsibility for.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.
▸ verb:  (intransitive) To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
▸ verb:  (transitive, archaic, slang) Of a servant: to embezzle money from (the employer).

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