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saddle

/ˈsæd(ə)l/noun, verb2 syllables

Saddle means: impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to.

Synonyms for saddle4

noun, as in a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)

saddleback

noun, as in a seat for the rider of a bicycle

bicycle seat

verb, as in impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

Opposites of saddle

unsaddle

What does saddle mean?9

verb

1

impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to“He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend”

2

put a saddle on“saddle the horses”

3

load or burden; encumber“he saddled me with that heavy responsibility”

noun

1

a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)

2

a seat for the rider of a bicycle

3

a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal

4

cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins

5

a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe

6

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

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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

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of saddle

as a noun

plural
saddles

as a verb

past tense
saddled
present participle
saddling
third-person singular
saddles
past participle
saddled