Object

• burden: Here, the Islamic governments shoulder a heavy burden of responsibility.

Converse of object

• rub: She recorded with many bands, and in the 60's rubbed shoulders with the likes of The Beatles.

• dislocate: Little did they nor I know that a dislocated shoulder could do this severe damage.

• shrug: Women shrugged impatient shoulders in their warm cloaks and stopped to arrange their skirts for a walk through the storm.

• stoop: Mary Ann looked anything but healthy with her pale face, deep set eyes, hungry looking figure and stooping shoulders.

Adjective modifier

• frozen: Back pain, frozen shoulder, no results no fee.

• left: SKINNER catches his breath, holding his left shoulder.

• rounded: She has a puckered forehead, a peering expression, and probably rounded shoulders.

• sloping: Many have a small head, long neck and sloping shoulders.

• hard: He pulls onto the hard shoulder to take the call.

• injured: Athlete Nigel Thomson did not compete in the men's 100m - presumably due to his injured shoulder.

Modifies a noun

• strap: They are supplied in either carry bags with shoulder straps or 900 x 600mm molded, wheeled cases.

• blade: You will feel the stretch between your shoulder blades.

• dystocia: Most hospitals now have a policy for dealing with shoulder dystocia, setting out clearly how it should be handled.

• girdle: If the left is more visible than the right, the shoulder girdle must be rotated to the left in relation to the pelvis.

• harness: Cool mesh back, padded hip belt and padded shoulder harness with adjustable load positioning straps for good fit.

• seam: Minimal rucksack rub over shoulder area due to flat fell shoulder seams.

Noun used with modifier

• rub: Rub shoulders with the jet-set on the promenade at Nice.

• pork: Meat Sandwiches cannot be described as ham if they are made with pork shoulder.

Preposition: of

• giant: Heather Morning Climbing a mountain for me is like climbing onto the shoulder of a big friendly giant.