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  • noun Plural form of shoulder.
  • noun anatomy The two shoulders and the upper portion of the back.
  • noun Capacity for bearing a task or blame.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of shoulder.

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Examples

  • Across the shoulders is a drape, so that from the back view one can see a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mexico's Patron Saint.

    Chinelo Dancers And The Original Hip Hop 2006

  • I think all this physical pain in my hip and up my back and on my shoulders is a physical manifestation of my current disarray, and I'm glad my body finally forced me into tuning up my diet and getting more exercise, both physical and psychic.

    In Exile: 42 posts from May 2006 2006

  • I think all this physical pain in my hip and up my back and on my shoulders is a physical manifestation of my current disarray, and I'm glad my body finally forced me into tuning up my diet and getting more exercise, both physical and psychic.

    In Exile 2006

  • I think all this physical pain in my hip and up my back and on my shoulders is a physical manifestation of my current disarray, and I'm glad my body finally forced me into tuning up my diet and getting more exercise, both physical and psychic.

    In Exile 2006

  • Across the shoulders is a drape, so that from the back view one can see a picture of Our Lady of Guadalupe: Mexico's Patron Saint.

    Chinelo Dancers And The Original Hip Hop 2006

  • On the shoulders is a zouave of various colours, usually black, with scarlet or yellow braid.

    High Albania Mary Edith 1909

  • His black T-shirt fell loosely from thin shoulders and then went taut at his plump belly.

    Ann Packer's 'Molten': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature Narrative Magazine 2010

  • His black T-shirt fell loosely from thin shoulders and then went taut at his plump belly.

    Ann Packer's 'Molten': Narrative Magazine's Friday Feature Narrative Magazine 2010

  • Everying above her shoulders is lacking in visual interest.

    Twilight Lexicon » Twilight Oscar Fashion Retrospective 2010

  • Area of expertise: Sports medicine; arthroscopy; athletic injuries in shoulders, elbows and knees; pediatric fractures and trauma

    Orthopaedic Surgery Research Fellowship 2010

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