different between elbow vs shoulder

English

Etymology

From Middle English elbowe, from Old English elboga, elnboga (“elbow”), from Proto-Germanic *alinabugô (“elbow”), equivalent to ell +? bow. Cognate with Scots elbuck (“elbow”), Saterland Frisian Älbooge (“elbow”), Dutch elleboog (“elbow”), Low German Ellebage (“elbow”), German Ellbogen, Ellenbogen (“elbow”), Danish albue (“elbow”), Icelandic olbogi, olnbogi (“elbow”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??l.b??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /???.bo?/, /??l.bo?/

Noun

elbow (plural elbows)

2. (anatomy) The joint between the upper arm and the forearm.

   Synonym: elbow joint

3. (by extension) Any turn or bend like that of the elbow, in a wall, building, coastline, etc.; an angular or jointed part of any structure, such as the raised arm of a chair or sofa, or a short pipe fitting, turning at an angle or bent.

4. (US, dated, early 20th-century slang) A detective.
5. (basketball) Part of a basketball court located at the intersection of the free-throw line and the free-throw lane.
6. A hit with the elbow.

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Verb

elbow (third-person singular simple present elbows, present participle elbowing, simple past and past participle elbowed)

1. (transitive) To push with the elbow or elbows; to forge ahead using the elbows to assist.
2. (transitive, by extension) To nudge, jostle or push.

Derived terms

• elbower

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See also

• Appendix:Parts of the knot

References

Anagrams

• Below, Blowe, Lebow, below, blowe, bowel, bowle

Middle English

Noun

elbow

1. Alternative form of elbowe

English

Etymology

From Middle English schuldre, sholder, shulder, schulder, from Old English sculdra, sculdor (“shoulder”), from Proto-West Germanic *skuldru (“shoulder”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps related to Proto-Germanic *skelduz (“shield”), see shield. Cognate with Old Frisian skuldere (“shoulder”) (West Frisian skouder (“shoulder”)), Middle Low German scholder (“shoulder”), Low German Schuller (“shoulder”), Dutch schouder (“shoulder”), German Schulter (“shoulder”), Danish skulder (“shoulder”), Swedish skuldra (“shoulder”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /????ld?/
• (General American) enPR: sh?l?d?r, IPA^(key): /??o?ld?/
• Rhymes: -??ld?(r)
• Hyphenation: shoul?der

Noun

shoulder (plural shoulders)

1. The part of an animal's body between the base of the neck and forearm socket.
   1. The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck.
   2. (anatomy) The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments.
   3. A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle.
   4. The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed.
2. Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder.
3. (topography) A shelf between two levels.
   1. A verge to the side of a road.

   2. The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak.
   3. A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain.
   4. The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank.
   5. An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc., such as the projection around a tenon at the end of a piece of timber.
4. (printing) The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face.
5. (of an object) The portion between the neck and the body.
   1. (music) The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body.
   2. The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body.
   3. (firearms) The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge.
6. (figuratively) That which supports or sustains; support.
7. The part of a key between the cuts and the bow.
8. (surfing) The part of a wave that has not yet broken.

Hyponyms

• (a verge to the side of a road): hard shoulder, soft shoulder

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Verb

shoulder (third-person singular simple present shoulders, present participle shouldering, simple past and past participle shouldered)

1. (transitive) To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder.
   • 1714, Nicholas Rowe, The Tragedy of Jane Shore

     Around her numberless the rabble flowed, / Shouldering each other, crowding for a view.

2. (transitive) To put (something) on one's shoulders.
   • 1922, A. M. Chisholm, A Thousand a Plate

     Early in the morning they shouldered light packs, took their rifles, crossed the big draw, and entered the timber where was the deadfall.
3. (transitive) To place (something) against one's shoulders.
4. (transitive, figuratively) To bear a burden, as a financial obligation.
5. (transitive, figuratively) To accept responsibility for.

6. (transitive) To form a shape resembling a shoulder.
7. (intransitive) To move by or as if by using one's shoulders.
8. (transitive) 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. (intransitive) To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave.
10. (transitive, archaic, slang) Of a servant: to embezzle money from (the employer).

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Further reading

• shoulder at OneLook Dictionary Search