Dictionary definition · saddle
noun
- a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
- a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
- cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
- a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
- a seat for the rider of a bicycle
- posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
verb
- put a saddle on"saddle the horses"
- load or burden; encumber"he saddled me with that heavy responsibility"
- impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to"He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
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Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).