[{"word":"shouldering","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To put (something) on one's shoulders.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To place (something) against one's shoulders.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To accept responsibility for.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"shoulder the blame"},{"definition":"To form a shape resembling a shoulder.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act of pushing or barging with the shoulder.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The process of bracing a load with a jutting structural member such as a corbel or bracket.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A flanged portion of something, similar to a lip but occurring on the side rather than the rim.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The rounding and raising of the top edges of slate tiles.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shoulder","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shouldering"]}]