shoulder
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the part of the body between the neck and the upper arm
Types & categories
- body part hypernym
Parts & wholes
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
lift onto one's shoulders
Types & categories
- lift hypernym
Related & opposite
- shoulder derivation
- shoulder joint derivation
Sense 3 noun
a cut of meat including the upper joint of the foreleg
Types & categories
- cut of meat hypernym
Parts & wholes
- chuck part holonym
Sense 4 verb
push with the shoulders
He shouldered his way into the crowd
Types & categories
- thrust hypernym
Related & opposite
- shoulder derivation
Sense 5 noun
a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
Types & categories
- ball-and-socket joint hypernym
Parts & wholes
- torso part holonym
- scapula part meronym
- circumflex humeral artery part meronym
- circumflex scapular artery part meronym
- rotator cuff part meronym
Related & opposite
- shoulder derivation
Sense 6 verb
carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
shoulder the burden
Types & categories
- carry hypernym
Related & opposite
- shoulder derivation
Sense 7 noun
the part of a garment that covers or fits over the shoulder
an ornamental gold braid on the shoulder of his uniform
Types & categories
- cloth covering hypernym
Parts & wholes
- garment part holonym
Sense 8 noun
a narrow edge of land (usually unpaved) along the side of a road
the car pulled off onto the shoulder
Types & categories
- edge hypernym
- hard shoulder hyponym
Parts & wholes
- road part holonym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoulder |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoulder |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoulder |
| 1 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | torso |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | armpit |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | teres |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | body part |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoulder |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoulder joint |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lift |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | chuck |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | cut of meat |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoulder |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | thrust |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoulder |
| 5 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | torso |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | scapula |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | circumflex humeral artery |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | circumflex scapular artery |
| 5 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | rotator cuff |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | ball-and-socket joint |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | shoulder |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | carry |
| 7 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | garment |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | cloth covering |
| 8 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | road |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | edge |
| 8 | hyponym | Types & categories | hard shoulder |