"shouldered" in the verb sense
1. shoulder
lift onto one's shoulders
2. shoulder
push with the shoulders
"He shouldered his way into the crowd"
3. shoulder
carry a burden, either real or metaphoric
"shoulder the burden"
"shouldered" in the adjective sense
1. shouldered
having shoulders or shoulders as specified usually used as a combining form
"stoop-shouldered"
"broad-shouldered"
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