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Noun shoulder has 4 senses

shoulder - the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
--₁ is a kind of body part
--₁ is a part of torso, trunk, body
--₁ has parts:
armpit, axilla, axillary cavity, axillary fossa; teres, teres muscle

Derived forms: verb shoulder₃, verb shoulder₂, verb shoulder₁
shoulder - a cut of beef from the shoulder of the animal
--₂ is a kind of cut of beef
--₂ is a part of chuck
shoulder, shoulder joint, articulatio humeri - a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
--₃ is a kind of ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea
--₃ is a part of torso, trunk, body
--₃ has parts:
scapula, shoulder blade, shoulder bone; circumflex humeral artery, arteria circumflexa humeri; circumflex scapular artery, arteria circumflexa scapulae; rotator cuff

Derived form: verb shoulder₁
shoulder, berm - narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
--₄ is a kind of edge, margin
--₄ is a part of road, route
--₄ has particulars: hard shoulder

Verb shoulder has 3 senses

shoulder - lift onto one's shoulders
--₁ is one way to raise, lift, elevate, get up, bring up

Derived forms: noun shoulder₃, noun shoulder₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
shoulder - push with the shoulders; "He shouldered his way into the crowd"
--₂ is one way to thrust

Derived form: noun shoulder₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
shoulder - carry a burden, either real or metaphoric; "shoulder the burden"
--₃ is one way to transport, carry

Derived form: noun shoulder₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something