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Noun saddle has 6 senses

saddle - a seat for the rider of a horse
--₁ is a kind of seat
--₁ has parts: cantle; pommel, saddlebow; stirrup, stirrup iron
--₁ has particulars:
English saddle, English cavalry saddle; packsaddle; sidesaddle; stock saddle, Western saddle

Derived form: verb saddle₁
saddleback, saddle - a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle)
--₂ is a kind of pass, mountain pass, notch
saddle - cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins
--₃ is a kind of cut, cut of meat
saddle - a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe
--₄ is a kind of piece of leather
--₄ is a part of shoe
bicycle seat, saddle - a seat for the rider of a bicycle
--₅ is a kind of seat
--₅ is a part of bicycle, bike, wheel, cycle
saddle - posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl
--₆ is a kind of body part
--₆ is a part of back, dorsum; domestic fowl, fowl, poultry

Verb saddle has 3 senses

saddle - put a saddle on; "saddle the horses"
--₁ is one way to attach
Antonyms: unsaddle, offsaddle

Derived forms: noun saddle₁, noun saddlery₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
saddle - load or burden; encumber; "he saddled me with that heavy responsibility"
--₂ is one way to burden, burthen, weight, weight down
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
charge, saddle, burden - impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to; "He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend"
--₃ is one way to command, require, compel
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s somebody with something