shouldered

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of shoulder. Use this form for something that already happened.

   She shouldered the heavy backpack and started up the trail.

   He shouldered the blame for the team's loss without complaint.

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2. 2
   adjectivein compounds

   Having shoulders of a particular kind, shape, or build.

   Like calling someone long-legged: it tells you the shape of one body part.

   The broad-shouldered man lifted the crate as if it weighed nothing.

   She tried on a square-shouldered jacket in the shop window.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Made with a part shaped like a shoulder, where one piece steps out from another.

   Like a step on a staircase, where one level sticks out past the next.

   The carpenter cut a shouldered joint to lock the two boards together.

   This shelf uses a shouldered peg that fits snugly into the frame.

   Oppositeunshouldered

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