Word Finder - shoulders

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The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.

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Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.

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(topography) A shelf between two levels.

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

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(of an object) The portion between the neck and the body.

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That which supports or sustains; support.

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The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.

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To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.

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To put (something) on one's shoulders.

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To place (something) against one's shoulders.

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To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.

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To accept responsibility for.

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shoulder the blame

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To form a shape resembling a shoulder.

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To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.

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To round and slightly raise the top edges of slate shingles so that they form a tighter fit at the lower edge and can be swung aside to expose the nail.

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To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.

Her hair was free, the long, loose curls cascading down her shoulders and back.

He towered over them both, the muscles in his arms and shoulders straining against his shirt as he hooked his thumbs in the front pockets of his jeans.

Alex placed his hands on her shoulders, gently pushing her back.

Prince Andrew rose, shrugged his shoulders, and walked about the room.

He squeezed her shoulders.

He watched her for a few minutes while she crawled under the wagon and pulled her blanket around her shoulders, and then he walked away.

She admired his magnificent back and shoulders and then looked away.

Her hands ceased quivering as she ran them across his chest, over his firm shoulders and shapely arms before returning to his chest.

But he threw it upon his shoulders and seemed well satisfied.

He put an arm around her shoulders.

By the time he set her down safe and dry on the other side, her hands were going numb and her shoulders were aching.

He grabbed her shoulders, pulling her roughly against him and kissed her lips in a demanding way that roused more anger than anything else.

His hands gripped her shoulders and pulled her back so that he could see her face.

And then he walked away, his shoulders swaying like a pendulum with his stride.

From his shoulders to his chest to his flat midsection, every part of him looked as if he'd been carefully carved from stone.

If his name scrawled across her shoulders didn't mark her as his, the collar did.

His broad shoulders swayed with the swing of his stride.

She must have let her shoulders droop, or maybe it was her trembling body.

Like the way his broad shoulders swayed so gracefully with each step as he strode to the corral - or the way he lounged in a doorway, coffee in one hand, one long leg thrown carelessly over the other.

Molly shrugged her shoulders, as if she were being scolded.

He tried to look away but I turned him by the shoulders and until our faces were inches apart.

He opened his eyes and trotted silently up the stairs, rolling his shoulders back in preparation for a fight with the Other.

His long, sleek hair was tied in a tight braid, and despite the cold and wind he wore only a long-sleeved sweater that hugged the muscles of his arms and shoulders beneath a down vest.

She stayed the urge to curl up in her chair, jumping when a shadow with lopsided shoulders emerged from the corner dressed like an executioner in black hood and gloves.

So far, wee Maria stood head and shoulders over any other domestic helper Bird Song had employed.

Dean nodded in agreement, his stomach roiling and his heart racing as he hoisted his knapsack to his shoulders and they slowly entered.

Narrow shoulders, rounded hips and a petite frame were distinctly feminine.

The tension melted from Gabriel's shoulders as he sat on the settee across from Andre.

Her shoulders were hunched, her head down.

Despite the danger outside the walls, tension released her shoulders when she'd gone far enough to lose sight of the city's walls.

They were so tame that they sat on the shoulders of St. Francis and ate from his hand.

She has a fine head, and it is set on her shoulders just right.

Of what use this measuring of me if she does not measure my character, but only the breadth of my shoulders, as it were a peg to bang the coat on?

My employment out of doors now was to collect the dead wood in the forest, bringing it in my hands or on my shoulders, or sometimes trailing a dead pine tree under each arm to my shed.

It can't be helped! said the count, shrugging his shoulders and speaking playfully of a matter that evidently distressed him.

The peasants, adjusting the stretcher to their shoulders, started hurriedly along the path they had trodden down, to the dressing station.

Removing his hands from the wall, he placed them on her shoulders, pulling her closer.

His warm fingers released her shoulders and traced their way up her neck, cupping her jaws in his hands.

Katie shrugged her shoulders and focused on cutting an eye from the potato in her hand.

He put an arm around her shoulders, his gaze warm and admiring.

She pulled the blanket around her shoulders and curled into a shivering ball, staring through the window into the darkness.

His big hands came up, grasping her wrists and pulling her forward until her armpits rested on his shoulders.

Finally his big hands left her waist and moved to her shoulders, working out the stiffness in them, and then on to the back of her neck.

The braids not only held it out of her eyes, but thinned the bottom part down enough that it would lay loose across her shoulders and down her back without frizzing.

Lisa turned her face away and hoped Tammy didn't notice her shoulders shaking as she laughed silently.

She brushed the hair back over her shoulders.

She moved between Adrienne and Brandon, and put an arm around each of their shoulders.

Brandon sat with a comforting arm around her shoulders.

She leaned forward and draped her arms around the horse's shoulders.

She stiffened as he stepped closer and placed a gentle hand on each of her shoulders.