Saddled

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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
Saddled \Sad"dled\, a. (Zool.)
   Having a broad patch of color across the back, like a saddle;
   saddle-backed.
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from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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

    

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