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noun
- (anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding area.
- have broad shoulders
- A part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency; a hard shoulder (UK)
- He stopped the car on the of the highway to change the flat tire.
Translations: - Dutch: berm , vluchtstrook
- French: accotement stabilisé(fr, bande d'arríªt d'urgence, f}}; (italbrac, Belgium) (t, fr, zone de sécurité, f), (italbrac, Quebec): {{t, fr)m
- German: Haltebucht
- Italian: banchina(it)f
- Spanish: acotamiento (italbrac, Mexico), arcén (italbrac, Spain), banquina (italbrac, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay), berma (italbrac, Colombia, Chile), espaldón (italbrac, Costa Rica), hombrillo (italbrac, Venezuela), hombro (italbrac, Panama), paseo (italbrac, Dominican Republic)
verb
- (context, transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
- (context, transitive) To carry (something) on one's shoulders.
- (context, figurative, transitive) To accept responsibility for.
- shoulder the blame
Translations: (trans-top, push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder)
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(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, carry (something) on one's shoulders)
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(trans-bottom)
(trans-top, accept responsibility for)
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