2syllables
shouldered
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Definitions ofshouldered
1verb
- To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- To put (something) on one's shoulders.
- To place (something) against one's shoulders.
- To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
- To accept responsibility for.
Example: "shoulder the blame"
- To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
- To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
- 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.
- To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
1adjective
- (in combination) Having or pertaining to (a specific kind of) shoulders.
Example: "She was bare-shouldered."
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