What is the meaning of saddle?

noun

  • A seat for the rider of a horse or camel.
  • 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.
    • usage: "saddle the horses"
  • Load or burden; encumber.
    • usage: "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility"
  • Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.
    • usage: "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
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