shouldering
Taking on responsibility
Shouldering is the act of pushing with or carrying on the shoulder.
You shoulder through a crowd by using your shoulder to make way.
You shoulder a burden—literal or figurative—by taking it on: shouldering the responsibility for the project.
To shoulder someone aside is to push them out of the way.
A rifle is shouldered when brought to the shoulder for firing or carrying.
Required moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
- chargeCost or accusation
onus · stewardship · mandate · role · task · trust · liability · answerability
Applying force to move
- shovingPushing with force
- jostlingPushing and bumping others
- elbowingPushing with bent arm
- nudgingLight push to prompt
barging · muscling · forcing · displacing · bumping · crowding · making way
Carried weight or burden
- strainExcessive stretching force
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
- weightMeasure of heaviness
pressure · stress · endurance · perseverance · overwhelmed · taxing · onerous · arduous
Raising something heavy
- hoistingRaising with effort
- heftingLifting to assess weight
- carryingHolding and moving
- haulingTransporting heavy items
lugging · heaving · bearing · bracing · propping · supporting · toting · schlepping
Strengthening or supporting
- upholdingContinuing to support
- sustainingMaintaining over time
- buttressingSupporting from the side
- reinforcingMaking more robust
underpinning · shoring · bracing · propping · stabilizing · backing · girding · steadying
duty
Required moral task
- obligationRequired task or commitment
- accountabilityObligation for one's actions
- commitmentFirm pledge to act
charge · onus · stewardship · mandate · role · task · trust · liability · answerability · oversight
pushing
Applying force to move
nudging · barging · muscling · forcing · displacing · bumping · crowding · making way
load
Carried weight or burden
- strainExcessive stretching force
- hardshipSuffering from difficult circumstances
- struggleLabored effort against resistance
weight · pressure · stress · endurance · perseverance · overwhelmed · taxing · onerous · arduous · laborious
lifting
Raising something heavy
hauling · lugging · heaving · bearing · bracing · propping · supporting · toting · schlepping · manhandling
bolstering
Strengthening or supporting
- upholdingContinuing to support
- sustainingMaintaining over time
- buttressingSupporting from the side
reinforcing · underpinning · shoring · bracing · propping · stabilizing · backing · girding · steadying
- carryingcarry, carrying, tote, bearing, haul
- exertioneffort, straining, strain, heaving, labor
- shovingpushing, shoving, jostling, elbowing, nudging
- handlingdealing with, handling, managing, coping, addressing
- Gaelic sportssolo, hand pass, kickout, point, goal
- smithingforging, blacksmithing, hammering, hand forging, upsetting
shoulderingshirking
Avoiding obligatory tasks
evading · dodging · avoiding · ducking · neglecting
shoulderingdropping
Letting something fall
releasing · putting down · setting down · laying down · letting go
shoulderingdelegating
Transferring authority to another
offloading · passing off · foisting · dumping · palming off
- cold shoulderingPointedly ignoring someone
shoulder, shoulders, shouldered, cold shoulder, broad-shouldered