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Saddle

A seat for a rider, -- usually made of leather, padded to span comfortably a horse's back, furnished with stirrups for the rider's feet to rest in, and fastened in place with a girth; also, a seat for the rider on a bicycle or tricycle.

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Manner of action 4

Adjure 76% connected

To charge, bind, or command, solemnly, as if under oath, or under the penalty of a curse; to appeal to in the most solemn or impressive manner; to en…

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Deluge 76% connected

A washing away; an overflowing of the land by water; an inundation; a flood; specifically, The Deluge, the great flood in the days of Noah (Gen. vii.…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Overburden 76% connected

To load with too great weight or too much care, etc.

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Overwhelm 76% connected

To cover over completely, as by a great wave; to overflow and bury beneath; to ingulf; hence, figuratively, to immerse and bear down; to overpower; t…

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Broader term 10

Attach 76% connected

To bind, fasten, tie, or connect; to make fast or join; as, to attach one thing to another by a string, by glue, or the like.

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Burden 76% connected

That which is borne or carried; a load.

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Burthen 76% connected

See Burden.

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Command 76% connected

To order with authority; to lay injunction upon; to direct; to bid; to charge.

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Cut 76% connected

of Cut

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Notch 76% connected

A hollow cut in anything; a nick; an indentation.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Require 76% connected

To demand; to insist upon having; to claim as by right and authority; to exact; as, to require the surrender of property.

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Seat 76% connected

The place or thing upon which one sits; hence; anything made to be sat in or upon, as a chair, bench, stool, saddle, or the like.

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Weight 76% connected

The quality of being heavy; that property of bodies by which they tend toward the center of the earth; the effect of gravitative force, especially wh…

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Narrower term 1

Sidesaddle 76% connected

A saddle for women, in which the rider sits with both feet on one side of the animal mounted.

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Derivationally related 2

Mission 74% connected

The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission.

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Mission 74% connected

The act of sending, or the state of being sent; a being sent or delegated by authority, with certain powers for transacting business; comission.

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Containing whole 9

Back 70% connected

A large shallow vat; a cistern, tub, or trough, used by brewers, distillers, dyers, picklers, gluemakers, and others, for mixing or cooling wort, hol…

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Bicycle 70% connected

A light vehicle having two wheels one behind the other. It has a saddle seat and is propelled by the rider's feet acting on cranks or levers.

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Bike 70% connected

A nest of wild bees, wasps, or ants; a swarm.

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Cycle 70% connected

An imaginary circle or orbit in the heavens; one of the celestial spheres.

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Dorsum 70% connected

The ridge of a hill.

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Fowl 70% connected

Any bird; esp., any large edible bird.

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Poultry 70% connected

Domestic fowls reared for the table, or for their eggs or feathers, such as cocks and hens, capons, turkeys, ducks, and geese.

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Shoe 70% connected

A covering for the human foot, usually made of leather, having a thick and somewhat stiff sole and a lighter top. It differs from a boot on not exten…

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Wheel 70% connected

A circular frame turning about an axis; a rotating disk, whether solid, or a frame composed of an outer rim, spokes or radii, and a central hub or na…

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Component part 4

Cantle 70% connected

A corner or edge of anything; a piece; a fragment; a part.

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Pommel 70% connected

A knob or ball; an object resembling a ball in form

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Saddlebow 70% connected

The bow or arch in the front part of a saddle, or the pieces which form the front.

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Stirrup 70% connected

A kind of ring, or bent piece of metal, wood, leather, or the like, horizontal in one part for receiving the foot of a rider, and attached by a strap…

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Synonym 3

Burden 92% connected

That which is borne or carried; a load.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Charge 92% connected

To lay on or impose, as a load, tax, or burden; to load; to fill.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Saddleback 92% connected

Same as Saddle-backed.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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