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Meaning of "sitfast" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SITFAST

From sit + fast1 (secure, fixed).
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SITFAST

sitfast  [ˈsɪtˌfɑːst] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SITFAST

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Sitfast is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SITFAST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sitfast in the English dictionary

The definition of sitfast in the dictionary is a sore on a horse's back caused by rubbing of the saddle.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SITFAST


bedfast
ˈbɛdˌfɑːst
Buckfast
ˈbʌkˌfɑːst
colorfast
ˈkʌləˌfɑːst
colourfast
ˈkʌləˌfɑːst
cragfast
ˈkræɡˌfɑːst
earthfast
ˈɜːθˌfɑːst
fast
fɑːst
handfast
ˈhændˌfɑːst
holdfast
ˈhəʊldˌfɑːst
lockfast
ˈlɒkˌfɑːst
makefast
ˈmeɪkˌfɑːst
noncolorfast
nɒnˈkʌləˌfɑːst
shamefast
ˈʃeɪmˌfɑːst
soothfast
ˈsuːθˌfɑːst
standfast
ˈstændˌfɑːst
sternfast
ˈstɜːnˌfɑːst
sunfast
ˈsʌnˌfɑːst
tub-fast
ˈtʌbˌfɑːst
ultrafast
ˈʌltrəˌfɑːst
unsteadfast
ʌnˈstɛdˌfɑːst

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SITFAST

sit-ups
Sita
sitar
sitarist
sitatunga
sitcom
site
site map
Site of Special Scientific Interest
sitella
sith
sithe
sithee
sithen
sithence
sithens
Sithole
siting
sitiology
sitiophobia

WORDS THAT END LIKE SITFAST

acid-fast
bed and breakfast
breakfast
continental breakfast
defast
English breakfast
full English breakfast
hard and fast
headfast
light-fast
nefast
outfast
overfast
power breakfast
relay fast
stand fast
steadfast
stedfast
superfast
wedding breakfast

Synonyms and antonyms of sitfast in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «sitfast» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SITFAST

Find out the translation of sitfast to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of sitfast from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sitfast» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

sitfast
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

sitfast
570 millions of speakers

English

sitfast
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

sitfast
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

خاشور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

sitfast
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

sitfast
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

sitfast
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

sitfast
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sitfast
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

sitfast
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

sitfast
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

sitfast
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sitfast
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sitfast
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

sitfast
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

आक्रमक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

sitfast
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sitfast
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

sitfast
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

sitfast
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

sitfast
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

sitfast
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

sitfast
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sitfast
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sitfast
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of sitfast

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SITFAST»

The term «sitfast» is normally little used and occupies the 136.862 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SITFAST» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «sitfast» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «sitfast» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about sitfast

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SITFAST»

Discover the use of sitfast in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sitfast and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The illustrated horse doctor, being an accurate and detailed ...
The saddle is without life, and cannot of itself injure the quadruped. It is common to account for a sitfast by saying the saddle does not fit. Such may occasionally be the case; for a saddle, if badly made, will chafe the skin and produce a sitfast.
‎1862
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The Illustrated Horse Doctor: Being an ... Account of the ...
It is common to account for a sitfast by saying the saddle does not fit. Such may occasionally be the case ; for a saddle, if badly made, will chafe the skin and produce a sitfast. But this cause is in operation less often than is imagined. A retired ...
Edward Mayhew, 1867
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The gentleman's stable directory: or, Modern system of ...
A SITFAST • Is the integument or hide of a horse become entirely callous or insensible, after the tumour called a warble is repelled and taken up into the circulation, or has transpired in a natural evacuation or circular oozing, surrounding the ...
William Taplin, 1796
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The outlines of the veterinary art; or, The principles of ...
... but if this cannot be granted, let the saddle be properly chambered, and in either case apply a solution of lead, or sal ammoniac and vinegar. When a sitfast is formed, by no means tear it out ; but if large and very troublesome, let it ...
Delabere Pritchett Blaine, 1816
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A Treatise on Equitation Or the Art of Horsemanship, ...
On the Back — Attend to the preceding remarks, and be particular not to allow a sitfast, commonly said to be " an old sore that will no longer hurt;" for when put to work, a sitfast is very apt to inflame, when the saddle, which was so arranged as ...
J. G. Peters, 1835
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Southern Gardener and Receipt Book
SITFAST ON HORSES. Sitfast proceeds from the part being frequently bruised with a saddle until it becomes extremely hard, and after remaining some length of time is not unlike a horny substance. A cure cannot be performed unless the knife  ...
Phineas Thornton, 2006
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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Thesaurus
... intermingle, intermix, mingle immixture n syn MIXTURE, admixture, commixture , composite, compost, compound, fusion, intermixture, mix, min' up immobile adj 1 syn IMMOVABLE 1, fixed, immotile, immo- tive, irremovable, ||sitfast, steadfast, ...
Merriam-Webster, Inc, 1988
8
Weeds; Simple Lessons for Children
Creeping Buttercup or Sitfast, peApbAn (Ranunculus repens). The Sitfast is an extremely common weed in arable land and in gardens. It is easily known from other species of Buttercup by its habit of forming runners — long shoots which run ...
R. Lloyd (Robert Lloyd) Praeger, 2012
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The Facts on File Dictionary of American Regionalisms
sitfast 299 teriori is a favorite New England mode of correcting a child.” shoal Shallow. “Letting her feet cool . . . in the shoal water.” (Sarah Orne Jewett, “White Heron,” 1886) shook Shaken. “You look all shook up.” (Thornton Wilder, Our Town, ...
Robert Hendrickson, 2000
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Keeping America Free From Foreign Animal Diseases, Lumpy ...
Note the line of separation around the necrotic center, where a sitfast is beginning to develop. A more advanced stage in the development of sitfasts. The necrotic center of the lesions is black, and there is a well-developed line of separation.
United States. Dept. of Agriculture, 1997

NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SITFAST»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sitfast is used in the context of the following news items.
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The creepy creeping buttercup
We gardeners know better and have our own names for this noxious weed: 'Sitfast', 'creeping crowfoot', 'devil's guts' and 'ram's claws'. Indicator plant «Mayo News, Apr 14»

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