shouldering

/SH OW1 L D ER0 IH0 NG/

verb

1
To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
2
To put (something) on one's shoulders.
3
To place (something) against one's shoulders.
4
To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
5
To accept responsibility for.
“shoulder the blame”
6
To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
7
To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
8
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.
9
To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.

noun

1
The act of pushing or barging with the shoulder.
2
The process of bracing a load with a jutting structural member such as a corbel or bracket.
3
A flanged portion of something, similar to a lip but occurring on the side rather than the rim.
4
The rounding and raising of the top edges of slate tiles.

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