saddle

(noun, verb)

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