Meaning

18 senses
  1. The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and arm socket.

    The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.

    The parrot was sitting on Steve's shoulder.

    плечо́plečó

  2. The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.

    Schulter

    плечо́plečó, ра́мяrámja, ра́моrámo

    плече́plečé, ра́м'яrámʺja, раме́ноraméno

  3. A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.

    лопа́ткаlopátka

    a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg

  4. The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.

    the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder

  5. Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.

  6. A shelf between two levels.

    A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency.

    He stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway to change the flat tire.

  7. The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.

  8. A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.

    усту́пustúp

  9. The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.

  10. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.

  11. The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.

  12. The portion between the neck and the body.

    The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.

    the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm

Examples

833 sentences
  1. He was wounded in the shoulder.

    Його поранили в плече.

    ruОн был ранен в плечо.

    deEr wurde an der Schulter verletzt.

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  2. Tom fell asleep on my shoulder.

    Том заснув на моєму плечі.

    deTom ist an meiner Schulter eingeschlafen.

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  3. Tom has a pain in the shoulder.

    У Тома болить плече.

    ruУ Тома болит плечо.

    deTom tut die Schulter weh.

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  4. Tom has a chip on his shoulder.

    Том сердитий на весь світ.

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  5. My right shoulder hurts.

    У мене болить праве плече.

    ruУ меня болит правое плечо.

    deMeine rechte Schulter schmerzt.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
joint between arm and torso:
Русский
By meaning 4
top of the torso, away from the neck:
joint between arm and torso:
cut of meat:
lateral protrustion of a hill or mountain:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
joint between arm and torso:

Origin

From Middle English schuldre, sholder, shulder, schulder, from Old English sċuldra, sċuldo

From Middle English schuldre, sholder, shulder, schulder, from Old English sċuldra, sċuldor (“shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *skuldru (“shoulder”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), see shield. Cognate with Old Frisian skuldere (“shoulder”) (West Frisian skouder (“shoulder”)), Middle Low German scholder (“shoulder”), Low German Schuller, Schulder (“shoulder”), Dutch schouder (“shoulder”), German Schulter (“shoulder”).

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Forms

plural: shoulders

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road:berm
  • a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula:shoulder jointarticulatio humeri

Word family

49 related words

Collocations

9 patterns
  • over his shoulder
  • on the shoulder
  • on his shoulder
  • on my shoulder
  • shoulder to cry
  • shoulder length
  • needed a shoulder
  • a shoulder to
  • shoulder hurts

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
shoulder — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto