shoulder vs windrow

shoulder

noun
  • The angle of a bastion included between the face and flank. 

  • The part of a wave that has not yet broken. 

  • 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. 

  • The flat portion of type that is below the bevelled portion that joins up with the face. 

  • A usually unsealed strip of land bordering a road, where vehicles can drive or park in an emergency. 

  • A cut of meat comprising the upper joint of the foreleg and the surrounding muscle. 

  • The part of a key between the cuts and the bow. 

  • A season or a time of day when there is relatively little air traffic. 

  • The rounded portion of a stringed instrument where the neck joins the body. 

  • The joint between the arm and the torso, sometimes including the surrounding muscles, tendons, and ligaments. 

  • The angled section between the neck and the main body of a cartridge. 

  • The portion of a hill or mountain just below the peak. 

  • The part of the human torso forming a relatively horizontal surface running away from the neck. 

  • That which supports or sustains; support. 

  • A lateral protrusion of a hill or mountain. 

  • Anything forming a shape resembling a human shoulder. 

  • The portion of a garment where the shoulder is clothed. 

  • The rounded portion of a bottle where the neck meets the body. 

verb
  • To move by or as if by using one's shoulders. 

  • To bear a burden, as a financial obligation. 

  • To put (something) on one's shoulders. 

  • To place (something) against one's shoulders. 

  • 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. 

  • To accept responsibility for. 

  • To push (a person or thing) using one's shoulder. 

  • To slope downwards from the crest and whitewater portion of a wave. 

  • To form a shape resembling a shoulder. 

windrow

noun
  • A ridge or berm at a perimeter 

  • The green border of a field, dug up in order to carry the earth onto other land to improve it. 

  • A line of snow left behind by the edge of a snowplow’s blade. 

  • A long snowbank along the side of a road. 

  • A line of leaves etc heaped up by the wind. 

  • A similar streak of seaweed etc on the surface of the sea formed by Langmuir circulation. 

  • A line of gravel left behind by the edge of a grader’s blade. 

  • A row of cut grain or hay allowed to dry in a field. 

verb
  • To arrange (e.g. new-made hay) in lines or windrows. 

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