Definition of "shouldering" [shouldering]

• Present participle of shoulder. (verb)

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• "Reprobates and riff raff who are delinquent in shouldering their obligations to the state will find themselves here, and soon."
• "We have been willing to do our share in shouldering the post-war responsibilities which membership in a "one-world" system entails, as we believe."
• "The next morning Durgin put the tool back in its place, not knowing what other disposition to make of it, and it was then that the idea of shouldering the crime upon you entered his wicked heart."