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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
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
S:
(v)
raise
,
lift
,
elevate
,
get up
,
bring up
(raise from a lower to a higher position)
"Raise your hands"; "Lift a load"
S:
(v)
get up
(cause to rise)
"The sergeant got us up at 2 A.M."
S:
(v)
jack
,
jack up
(lift with a special device)
"jack up the car so you can change the tire"
S:
(v)
shoulder
(lift onto one's shoulders)
S:
(v)
kick up
(cause to rise by kicking)
"kick up dust"
S:
(v)
hoist
,
lift
,
wind
(raise or haul up with or as if with mechanical help)
"hoist the bicycle onto the roof of the car"
S:
(v)
trice
,
trice up
(raise with a line)
"trice a window shade"
S:
(v)
hoist
,
run up
(raise)
"hoist the flags"; "hoist a sail"
S:
(v)
hoist
(move from one place to another by lifting)
"They hoisted the patient onto the operating table"
S:
(v)
pump
(raise (gases or fluids) with a pump)
S:
(v)
levitate
(cause to rise in the air and float, as if in defiance of gravity)
"The magician levitated the woman"
S:
(v)
underlay
(raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type)
"underlay the plate"
S:
(v)
skid
(elevate onto skids)
S:
(v)
pinnacle
(raise on or as if on a pinnacle)
"He did not want to be pinnacled"
S:
(v)
chin
,
chin up
(raise oneself while hanging from one's hands until one's chin is level with the support bar)
S:
(v)
raise
,
leaven
,
prove
(cause to puff up with a leaven)
"unleavened bread"
S:
(v)
heighten
(increase the height of)
"The athletes kept jumping over the steadily heightened bars"
S:
(v)
hike
,
hike up
,
boost
(increase)
"The landlord hiked up the rents"
S:
(v)
pick up
,
lift up
,
gather up
(take and lift upward)
S:
(v)
rear
,
erect
(cause to rise up)
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"