saddle
noun
1. a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
Definition categories: man–made, seat
2. a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
Similar word(s): saddleback
Definition categories: object, notch, pass
3. cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
Definition categories: food, cut
4. a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
Definition categories: man–made
5. a seat for the rider of a bicycle
Definition categories: man–made, seat
6. posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
Definition categories: animal
verb
1. put a saddle on
- saddle the horses
Definition categories: contact, attach
2. load or burden; encumber
- he saddled me with that heavy responsibility
Definition categories: contact, burden, burthen, weight
3. impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
Similar word(s): burden, charge
Definition categories: communication, command, require