shoulder

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.

   “The parrot was sitting on Steve's shoulder.”

2. isim The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
3. isim A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.

   “In the firſt Courſe there was a Shoulder of Mutton, cut into an Æquilateral Triangle, a Piece of Beef into a Rhomboides, and a Pudding into a Cycloid.”

4. isim The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
5. isim Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
6. isim A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.

   “He stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway to change the flat tire.”

7. isim The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.

   “[…]the north-western shoulder of the mountain[…]”

8. isim A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
9. isim The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
10. isim 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.
11. isim The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
12. isim The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
13. isim The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
14. isim The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
15. isim That which supports or sustains; support.

    “passage[…]in thy ſhoulder do I builde my Seate;”

16. isim The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
17. isim The part of a wave that has not yet broken.

    “You see you're going to make it into the safety of the shoulder. It feels like the happiest day of your life.”

18. isim A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic.

    “For a round-trip journey starting from the UK during the shoulder period (1 April-30 June) […]”

19. fiil To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.

    “[…]As they the earth would ſhoulder from her ſeat,[…]”

20. fiil To bully, manipulate or pull rank on (somebody).

    “He shouldered me out of my own band.”

21. fiil To put (something) on one's shoulders.

    “Early in the morning they shouldered light packs, took their rifles, crossed the big draw, and entered the timber where was the deadfall.”

22. fiil To place (something) against one's shoulders.

    “All three sets are nicely sculptured along the bottom to prevent interference when shouldering your gun with proper shooting form.”

23. fiil To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.

    “The shareholders were then shouldering a burden of liability out of proportion to their mere ownership of theoretical fractions of the business.”

24. fiil To accept responsibility for.

    “shoulder the blame”

25. fiil To form a shape resembling a shoulder.

    “allowance at the bottom of blind bores for the chamfered tip of the reamer will obviate additional operations with shouldering or bottoming reamers to completely finish the entire length of a hole.”

26. fiil To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.

    “The sullen murmur of the bees shouldering their way through the long unmown grass, or circling with monotonous insistence round the dusty gilt horns of the straggling woodbine, seemed to make the stillness more oppressive.”

27. fiil 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.
28. fiil To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
29. fiil Of a servant: to embezzle money from (the employer).