Saddled

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saddle \Sad"dle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Saddled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Saddling}.] [AS. sadelian.]
     1. To put a saddle upon; to equip (a beast) for riding.
        "saddle my horse." --Shak.
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              Abraham rose up early, . . . and saddled his ass.
                                                    --Gen. xxii.
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     2. Hence: To fix as a charge or burden upon; to load; to
        encumber; as, to saddle a town with the expense of bridges
        and highways.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saddled \Sad"dled\, a. (Zool.)
     Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle;
     saddle-backed.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  saddled
       adj 1: having a saddle on or being mounted on a saddled animal;
              "saddled and spurred and ready to ride" [ant: {unsaddled}]
       2: subject to an imposed burden; "left me saddled with the
          bill"; "found himself saddled with more responsibility
          than power"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "saddled":
     beholden, beholden to, bound, bounden, bounden to, burdened,
     charged, committed, cumbered, duty-bound, encumbered, fraught,
     freighted, hampered, in duty bound, indebted to, laden, loaded,
     obligate, obligated, obliged, obliged to, oppressed, overburdened,
     overcharged, overfraught, overfreighted, overladen, overloaded,
     overtaxed, overweighted, pledged, taxed, tied, under obligation,
     weighted, weighted down