shouldering

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English

Definitions

verb

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.

noun

The act of pushing or barging with the shoulder.
The process of bracing a load with a jutting structural member such as a corbel or bracket.
A flanged portion of something, similar to a lip but occurring on the side rather than the rim.
The rounding and raising of the top edges of slate tiles.

Related words

Synonyms

shoulder joint articulatio humeri bearing carrying taking fulfilling sharing assuming whales pushing overpush raise pulling underpush hoisting facing

Rhymes

smoldering moldering mouldering bouldering shoulder hung

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