shoulder

verbbe responsible for

verbpush, jostle

Word Origin & History

Old English sculdor "shoulder," from West Germanic *skuldro (cf. Middle Dutch scouder, Dutch schouder, Old Frisian skoldere, Middle Low German scholder, Old High German scultra, German Schulter), of unknown origin, perhaps related to shield (n.). Meaning "edge of the road" is attested from 1933. Cold shoulder (Neh. ix:29) translates Latin humerum recedentum dare in Vulgate (but see cold shoulder). Shoulder-length, of hair, is from 1951.

Example Sentences for shoulder

His arm was about her waist, and hers rested on his shoulder.

He looked over her shoulder again, and saw that Shepler was waiting for her.

He accordingly approached our hero, and tapped him on the shoulder.

“Thou art a good-hearted lad,” said the alderman with a hand on his shoulder.

Haley had grasped him by the shoulder, and in his grasp the boy's strength was nothing.

He lifted Dennet on his shoulder, and bade her wave her parchment.

"Not now," said Phil, patting his shoulder, with imperturbable good-nature.

Miss Ingleside had a half-inch strip of muslin over her shoulder.

Looking back, Andy saw a rifle pitch to the shoulder of the deputy.

Then there was a jarring impact that made his arm numb to the shoulder.

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