shouldering

Meaning of shouldering

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.

Information about shouldering

  • The plural form of shouldering is: shoulderings.
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Hyphenation of shouldering

shoul-der-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
  • shouldering is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

Words that rhyme with shouldering

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