n.
Function: verb
Inflected Form: shoul · dered ; shoul · der · ing \ -d( ə -)ri ŋ \
Date: 14th century
transitive verb
1 : to push or thrust with or as if with the shoulder : JOSTLE < shoulder ed his way through the crowd>
2 a : to place or bear on the shoulder < shoulder ed her knapsack> b : to assume the burden or responsibility of < shoulder the blame>
intransitive verb : to push with or as if with the shoulders aggressively