verb Download 🔗Share To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder. Examples : "The tired student shouldered his heavy backpack onto the bus. " action body person Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To put (something) on one's shoulders. Examples : "He shouldered his heavy backpack and headed to school. " body action Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To place (something) against one's shoulders. Examples : "He shouldered his backpack and headed to school. " body action wear Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To bear a burden, as a financial obligation. Examples : "After her father lost his job, Maria shouldered the financial responsibility for the family. " business finance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To accept responsibility for. Examples : "shoulder the blame" action character attitude moral achievement Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To form a shape resembling a shoulder. Examples : "The designer explained that the vase shouldered gracefully outward before tapering to a narrow neck. " body part appearance Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To move by or as if by using one's shoulders. Examples : "The tired student shouldered their heavy backpack, struggling to walk up the stairs. " body action way Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share 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. Examples : "The roofer carefully shouldered the slate shingles, creating a smoother, more watertight roof. " architecture building technical Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb Download 🔗Share To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave. Examples : "The surfer expertly rode the wave as it shouldered, allowing him to maintain his balance and continue gliding down the face. " nautical sailing ocean weather Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective Download 🔗Share (in combination) Having or pertaining to (a specific kind of) shoulders. Examples : "She was bare-shouldered." anatomy body appearance human Chat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading