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English noun: saddle | |||
| 1. | saddle (artifact) a seat for the rider of a horse or camel | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | seat | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | English cavalry saddle, English saddle, packsaddle, sidesaddle, stock saddle, Western saddle | ||
| Part holonym | cantle, pommel, saddlebow, stirrup, stirrup iron | ||
| 2. | saddle (object) a pass or ridge that slopes gently between two peaks (is shaped like a saddle) | ||
| Synonyms | saddleback | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | mountain pass, notch, pass | ||
| 3. | saddle (food) cut of meat (especially mutton or lamb) consisting of part of the backbone and both loins | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cut, cut of meat | ||
| 4. | saddle (artifact) a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | piece of leather | ||
| Part meronym | shoe | ||
| 5. | saddle (artifact) a seat for the rider of a bicycle | ||
| Synonyms | bicycle seat | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | seat | ||
| Part meronym | bicycle, bike, cycle, wheel | ||
| 6. | saddle (animal) posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | body part | ||
| Part meronym | back, domestic fowl, dorsum, fowl, poultry | ||
English verb: saddle | |||
| 1. | saddle (contact) put a saddle on | ||
| Samples | Saddle the horses. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | attach | ||
| Antonyms | offsaddle, unsaddle | ||
| 2. | saddle (contact) load or burden; encumber | ||
| Samples | He saddled me with that heavy responsibility. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | burden, burthen, weight, weight down | ||
| 3. | saddle (communication) impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to | ||
| Samples | He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend. | ||
| Synonyms | burden, charge | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody with something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | command, require | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | adjure, bear down, deluge, flood out, overburden, overwhelm | ||
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