saddle
/ˈsæd(ə)l/noun, verb2 syllables
Saddle means: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.
Synonyms for saddle4
Opposites of saddle
What does saddle mean?9
verb
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to“He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend”
put a saddle on“saddle the horses”
load or burden; encumber“he saddled me with that heavy responsibility”
noun
a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
a seat for the rider of a bicycle
a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal
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
posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with saddle?1
two syllables
Saddle in a sentence
- Before getting on a horse, you usually put a saddle on its back.unknown
- If the saddle is too heavy, the mule won't move.AlanF_US
- Among her graduation gifts were a new saddle, halter and riding boots.boink
- Counting my own horse, we have thirty saddle horses.CK
- It's lonely in the saddle since the horse died.Swift
- Don't put the saddle on the wrong horse.CK
- She seemed so much at ease in the saddle.Dejo
- There is a howdah on the horse and a saddle on the elephant.sabretou
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Forms of saddle
as a noun
- plural
- saddles
as a verb
- past tense
- saddled
- present participle
- saddling
- third-person singular
- saddles
- past participle
- saddled