[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/shoulder/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [S](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/s/) / shoulder # shoulder noun (a shoulder, shoulders); verb (shoulder, shoulders, shouldered, shouldering) «shoulder» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. Your shoulder is the part of your body where your arm joins the rest of your body, below your neck. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoulder/#m1) 2. The shoulder of a road (US, Canada, Australia) is the strip at the edge where cars can stop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoulder/#m2) 3. To shoulder something means to carry it on your shoulder, or to take on a job or blame. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoulder/#m3) ### In the lessons In science, the shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint, so your arm can move in a circle. In everyday life you carry a bag on your shoulder (two straps are better for your back), shrug your shoulders when you don't know, and tap someone on the shoulder to get their attention. In feelings, «a shoulder to cry on» is someone who comforts you. «Shoulder to shoulder» means side by side. On roads, the shoulder is not for walking or playing. ### Examples - She carried her bag on her shoulder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoulder/#x1) - He shrugged his shoulders; he didn't know. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoulder/#x2) - The shoulder is a ball-and-socket joint. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoulder/#x3) - My dad lifted me onto his shoulders to see the parade. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoulder/#x4) - Tap her on the shoulder to say hello. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoulder/#x5) - The car pulled over onto the shoulder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoulder/#x6) - Head, shoulders, knees and toes! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoulder/#x7) - But an iron claw gripped his shoulder. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoulder/#x8) ### Note Countable. Spelt -oul-, said «SHOWL-der». The shoulder joint can move more ways than the elbow (a hinge). «Cold shoulder» = ignoring someone on purpose. UK roads call the edge a «hard shoulder» on motorways. ## In Jewish tradition The high priest's ephod had shoulder-pieces with two onyx stones carrying the names of the tribes. The tradition sees this as the priest carrying Israel on his shoulders. The shoulder is also where burdens are carried, so lifting a burden from the shoulder means freeing someone from slavery or hard labour. **Interpretation.** The tradition reads the shoulder as the place of carrying responsibility. It reads "I removed his shoulder from the burden" as God freeing Israel from Egypt. ### Examples - They made shoulder-pieces for it, joined together; at the two ends was it joined together. (Torah EXO.39.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoulder/#x1) - It shall have two shoulder-pieces joined to the two ends thereof, that it may be joined together. (Torah EXO.28.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoulder/#x2) - And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. (Torah EXO.12.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoulder/#x3) - 'I removed his shoulder from the burden; His hands were freed from the basket. (Writings PSA.81.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoulder/#x4) - Then let my shoulder fall from the shoulder-blade, and mine arm be broken from the bone. (Writings JOB.31.22, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoulder/#x5) - And he had greaves of brass upon his legs, and a javelin of brass between his shoulders. (Prophets 1SA.17.6, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoulder/#x6) ### Note Countable. Spelt -oul-, said «SHOWL-der». The shoulder joint can move more ways than the elbow (a hinge). «Cold shoulder» = ignoring someone on purpose. UK roads call the edge a «hard shoulder» on motorways. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «shoulder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/shoulder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«shoulder» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/shoulder.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «shoulder» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/S/shoulder/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«shoulder» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/shoulder.html) on Mova free.