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Wiktionary

  1. shouldersnoun

    (anatomy) The two shoulders and the upper portion of the back.

  2. shouldersnoun

    Capacity for bearing a task or blame.

    "The responsibility for the job was placed on his shoulders."

Wikipedia

  1. shoulders

    The human shoulder is made up of three bones: the clavicle (collarbone), the scapula (shoulder blade), and the humerus (upper arm bone) as well as associated muscles, ligaments and tendons. The articulations between the bones of the shoulder make up the shoulder joints. The shoulder joint, also known as the glenohumeral joint, is the major joint of the shoulder, but can more broadly include the acromioclavicular joint. In human anatomy, the shoulder joint comprises the part of the body where the humerus attaches to the scapula, and the head sits in the glenoid cavity. The shoulder is the group of structures in the region of the joint.The shoulder joint is the main joint of the shoulder. It is a ball and socket joint that allows the arm to rotate in a circular fashion or to hinge out and up away from the body. The joint capsule is a soft tissue envelope that encircles the glenohumeral joint and attaches to the scapula, humerus, and head of the biceps. It is lined by a thin, smooth synovial membrane. The rotator cuff is a group of four muscles that surround the shoulder joint and contribute to the shoulder's stability. The muscles of the rotator cuff are supraspinatus, subscapularis, infraspinatus, and teres minor. The cuff adheres to the glenohumeral capsule and attaches to the humeral head. The shoulder must be mobile enough for the wide range actions of the arms and hands, but stable enough to allow for actions such as lifting, pushing, and pulling.

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  1. shoulders

    Shoulders refer to the anatomical structure in human body located on either side of the neck and upper arms. They are an essential part of the upper limb, connecting the arms to the torso. Shoulders are formed by the shoulder girdle, consisting of the clavicle (collarbone) and scapula (shoulder blade), along with the muscles, ligaments, and tendons that surround and support them. The shoulders are responsible for various movements of the arms, such as lifting, rotating, and reaching, and also play a crucial role in stability and balance.

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  1. Shoulders

    Shoulders was a highly popular alternative rock band in Austin, Texas in the 1990s; occasionally they still give performances. Shoulders toured nationally and throughout Europe, and they were especially well known in France and other European countries. Their material, written almost entirely by lead singer Michael Slattery and guitarist Todd Kassens, has been called "drunken carnival music," but it was wide ranging, from hard rock to gentle ballads, from sea shanties to French cabaret music to Irish drinking songs. Slattery, an electrifying performer, is probably one of the greatest American rock poets; his songs tell stories, and they read wonderfully even without the music. They are simultaneously very dark and wildly joyous. He is also an accomplished writer of fiction, poetry, and drama. Shoulders' lineup included Slattery, who sang and played everything from a huge parade drum which he also used as a trampoline to the "harmonica, out-of-tune cornet, hideous trombone, bent tin whistle," and "free-hanging river pipe"; Kassens on the guitars; Alan Gene Williams on the drums; and Chris Black on bass, piano, and organ. They were frequently accompanied by the well-known Austin cellist John Hagen, who plays in Lyle Lovett's large band. Shoulders' first album, Trashman Shoes, rose to the top of the rock charts in France. Their second was The Fun Never Stops, which did well in Europe but never attained the success of "Trashman Shoes".

Editors Contribution

  1. shoulders

    A body element connected to a limb.

    The shoulders are connected to the arms.


    Submitted by MaryC on March 5, 2020  

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. SHOULDERS

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Shoulders is ranked #11472 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Shoulders surname appeared 2,744 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 1 would have the surname Shoulders.

    55.3% or 1,520 total occurrences were White.
    39.5% or 1,084 total occurrences were Black.
    2.2% or 61 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    1.4% or 39 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
    1.2% or 34 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.2% or 6 total occurrences were Asian.

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'shoulders' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2389

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'shoulders' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4290

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of shoulders in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of shoulders in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of shoulders in a Sentence

  1. Danielle Meitiv:

    It's not completely over, but it does lift a huge weight off our shoulders.

  2. John Kelly:

    Nothing approaching an order that foolish was ever given, and I can't imagine anyone that worked at Trump White House after me that would have simply shrugged their shoulders and allowed that order to go forward without dying in the ditch trying to stop Trump White House.

  3. Richard Ben-Veniste:

    There is nothing comparable to the kind of pressure and obligation that this kind of job puts on your shoulders, having been there before, gives him the confidence to know how to do it and how to do it right.

  4. Ramon Llamas:

    Apple has a penchant for standing on the shoulders of the giants that came before them when announcing a feature -- such as phablets and 4G LTE, it will get there eventually, but on its own terms.

  5. John Thomas Lawler:

    She said his shoulders and back were out of line and by gentle manipulation, she could make his life much happier, she started on the shoulders and went around his body... Then the table dropped and he shouted Youre hurting me. You are hurting me. I cant feel my arms.

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