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Definition of sırt (dağ) in Turkish English dictionary
- {i} shoulder
- A part of a road where drivers may stop in an emergency; a hard shoulder
He stopped the car on the shoulder of the highway to change the flat tire.
- The hillslope position that forms the uppermost inclined surface near the top of a slope If present, it comprises the transition zone from backslope to summit This position is dominantly convex in profile and erosional in origin
- An abrupt projection which forms an abutment on an object, or limits motion, etc
- If you shoulder the responsibility or the blame for something, you accept it. He has had to shoulder the responsibility of his father's mistakes = accept
- Step on the blade where it narrows from the forte to the tang
- That which resembles a human shoulder, as any protuberance or projection from the body of a thing
- The uppermost part of the stick where leaf and gorge meet
- Fig
- To take upon the shoulder or shoulders; as, to shoulder a basket; hence, to assume the burden or responsibility of; as, to shoulder blame; to shoulder a debt
- If you shoulder something heavy, you put it across one of your shoulders so that you can carry it more easily. The rest of the group shouldered their bags, gritted their teeth and set off
- If you say that someone or something stands head and shoulders above other people or things, you mean that they are a lot better than them. The two candidates stood head and shoulders above the rest
- The upper joint of the fore leg and adjacent parts of an animal, dressed for market; as, a shoulder of mutton
- If someone offers you a shoulder to cry on or is a shoulder to cry on, they listen sympathetically as you talk about your troubles. Roland sometimes saw me as a shoulder to cry on
- a ball-and-socket joint between the head of the humerus and a cavity of the scapula
- If you shoulder someone aside or if you shoulder your way somewhere, you push past people roughly using your shoulder. The policemen rushed past him, shouldering him aside She could do nothing to stop him as he shouldered his way into the house He shouldered past Harlech and opened the door
- The area of an artifact that divides the blade from the stem or hafting area
- When you talk about someone's problems or responsibilities, you can say that they carry them on their shoulders. No one suspected the anguish he carried on his shoulders
- If two or more people stand shoulder to shoulder, they are standing next to each other, with their shoulders touching. They fell into step, walking shoulder to shoulder with their heads bent against the rain
- a cut of beef from the shoulder of the animal
- The section of a bottle between the neck and the main body