Noun

• S: (n) shoulder (the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm)
• S: (n) shoulder (a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg)
• S: (n) shoulder, shoulder joint, articulatio humeri (a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula)
• part meronym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) ball-and-socket joint, spheroid joint, cotyloid joint, enarthrodial joint, enarthrosis, articulatio spheroidea (a freely moving joint in which a sphere on the head of one bone fits into a rounded cavity in the other bone)
• S: (n) synovial joint, articulatio synovialis, diarthrosis (a joint so articulated as to move freely)
• S: (n) joint, articulation, articulatio ((anatomy) the point of connection between two bones or elements of a skeleton (especially if it allows motion))
• S: (n) body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)
• S: (n) part, piece (a portion of a natural object) "they analyzed the river into three parts"; "he needed a piece of granite"
• S: (n) thing (a separate and self-contained entity)
• S: (n) physical entity (an entity that has physical existence)
• S: (n) entity (that which is perceived or known or inferred to have its own distinct existence (living or nonliving))
• part holonym
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) shoulder (the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder) "an ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• part holonym
• S: (n) shoulder, berm (a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road) "the car pulled off onto the shoulder"

Verb

• S: (v) shoulder (lift onto one's shoulders)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) shoulder (push with the shoulders) "He shouldered his way into the crowd"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• sentence frame
• S: (v) shoulder (carry a burden, either real or metaphoric) "shoulder the burden"