English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of shoulder

shoulder

/noun/ कंधा; सहारा; आधार; ढाल; ढलान; कन्धा; लेना; स्कन्ध;
/verb/धक्का देना; कंधा लगाना; भार लेना; दायित्व लेना;

Synonym support; basis; shield; downhill; draw; spandrel; shove; undertake;

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English Dictionary:

1. Shoulder

[n.]

- The joint, or the region of the joint, by which the fore limb is connected with the body or with the shoulder girdle; the projection formed by the bones and muscles about that joint.
- The flesh and muscles connected with the shoulder joint; the upper part of the back; that part of the human frame on which it is most easy to carry a heavy burden; -- often used in the plural.
- Fig.: That which supports or sustains; support.
- That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing.
- The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton.
- The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. See Illust. of Bastion.
- An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber, the part of the top of a type which projects beyond the base of the raised character, etc.

2. Shoulder

[v. t.]

- To push or thrust with the shoulder; to push with violence; to jostle.
- To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt.