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to reshoulder

to reshoulder

7.8
To put something back on your shoulder or take responsibility again
  • verb
translation icon : volver a cargar
  • He took a deep breath and prepared to reshoulder the load as he started his journey again.

Examples

  • After resting for a moment, she decided to reshoulder her backpack and continue the hike.

  • Soon we have to go back and reshoulder at least one or more of these burdens.

    Academic text (1999)

  • You know you'll have to reshoulder this wornsome baggage on your way out.

    Fiction book (1998)

  • Feeling exhausted, they knew it was time to reshoulder the heavy boxes and move them to the new location.

Synonyms

to shoulder
vsto reshoulder
30 4.6

To accept a duty or responsibility and deal with it

focuses on taking a load up again rather than initial acceptance
to re-assume
vsto reshoulder
  • UK
5.7

To take a role or responsibility again after time away

means put a load back onto oneself physically or resume a burden

Antonyms

to disburden
9.0

To take away heavy things and worries from someone or something

Surface Forms

reshoulder infinitive
reshouldered past
reshouldered past participle
reshouldering present participle
reshoulders third person singular

Morphology

reshoulder = shoulder (transparent) = re + shoulder

Adding 're-' to 'shoulder' clearly gives the meaning of placing on the shoulder again or taking up a burden again.

Etymology

Reshoulder comes from the parts re- meaning 'again' and shoulder, the part of the body used to carry things. So to reshoulder something is to lift it back onto your shoulder, or to take a job or responsibility back again.