shoulder

Noun

• a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
  • the car pulled off onto the shoulder
    

• the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder
  • an ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform
    

• a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula

• a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg

• the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm

Verb

• carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
  • shoulder the burden
    

• push with the shoulders
  • He shouldered his way into the crowd
    

• lift onto one's shoulders

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  berm , shoulder joint , articulatio humeri