Usually means: Transferring responsibility or burden onto another.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History
We found 17 dictionaries that define the word shouldering:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. shouldering: Merriam-Webster
  2. shouldering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. shouldering: Vocabulary.com
  4. Shouldering, shouldering: Wordnik
  5. shouldering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. shouldering: Wiktionary
  7. shouldering: Dictionary.com
  8. shouldering: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Shouldering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Shouldering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. shouldering: FreeDictionary.org
  12. shouldering: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shouldering: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shouldering: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shouldering: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. shouldering: Idioms

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See shoulder as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (shouldering)

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

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:




Words similar to shouldering

Usage examples for shouldering

Idioms related to shouldering

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing shouldering

Words that often appear near shouldering

Rhymes of shouldering

Invented words related to shouldering

Similar:

Opposite:

Phrases:

Adjectives:



Writing poetry or lyrics? You can find related words that match a given meter.
This feature is permanently available from the "Related words" tab and from the Thesaurus.





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux