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SADDLE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("saddle" is a kind of...):

body part (any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity)

Holonyms ("saddle" is a part of...):

domestic fowl; fowl; poultry (a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl)

back; dorsum (the posterior part of a human (or animal) body from the neck to the end of the spine)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A seat for the rider of a bicycle

Synonyms:

bicycle seat; saddle

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("saddle" is a kind of...):

seat (any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit))

Holonyms ("saddle" is a part of...):

bicycle; bike; cycle; wheel (a wheeled vehicle that has two wheels and is moved by foot pedals)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A seat for the rider of a horse or other animal

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("saddle" is a kind of...):

seat (any support where you can sit (especially the part of a chair or bench etc. on which you sit))

Meronyms (parts of "saddle"):

pommel; saddlebow (handgrip formed by the raised front part of a saddle)

stirrup; stirrup iron (support consisting of metal loops into which rider's feet go)

cantle (the back of a saddle seat)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "saddle"):

English cavalry saddle; English saddle (a saddle having a steel cantle and pommel and no horn)

packsaddle (a saddle for pack animals to which loads can be attached)

sidesaddle (a saddle for a woman; rider sits with both feet on the same side of the horse)

stock saddle; Western saddle (an ornamented saddle used by cowboys; has a high horn to hold the lariat)

Derivation:

saddle (put a saddle on)

Sense 4

Meaning:

A piece of leather across the instep of a shoe

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("saddle" is a kind of...):

piece of leather (a separate part consisting of leather)

Holonyms ("saddle" is a part of...):

shoe (footwear shaped to fit the foot (below the ankle) with a flexible upper of leather or plastic and a sole and heel of heavier material)

Sense 5

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("saddle" is a kind of...):

cut; cut of meat (a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass)

Sense 6

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

saddle; saddleback

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Hypernyms ("saddle" is a kind of...):

mountain pass; notch; pass (the location in a range of mountains of a geological formation that is lower than the surrounding peaks)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to

Example:

He charged her with cleaning up all the files over the weekend

Synonyms:

burden; charge; saddle

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "saddle" is one way to...):

command; require (make someone do something)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "saddle"):

overburden (burden with too much work or responsibility)

bear down (exert a force or cause a strain upon)

deluge; flood out; overwhelm (charge someone with too many tasks)

adjure (command solemnly)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody with something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Load or burden; encumber

Example:

he saddled me with that heavy responsibility

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "saddle" is one way to...):

burden; burthen; weight; weight down (weight down with a load)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Sense 3

Meaning:

Put a saddle on

Example:

saddle the horses

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "saddle" is one way to...):

attach (cause to be attached)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

unsaddle (remove the saddle from)

Derivation:

saddle (a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal)

saddlery (gear for a horse)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Having once caught the bridle, he mastered it directly and sprang to his saddle; grimacing grimly as he made the effort, for it wrenched his sprain.

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

One of the saddles has a movable horn, and can be easily adapted for Mina, if required.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)

So it proved;—for when happily released from Mr. Elton, and seated by Mr. Weston, at dinner, he made use of the very first interval in the cares of hospitality, the very first leisure from the saddle of mutton, to say to her, We want only two more to be just the right number.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

He reined up his horse to salute my mother, and said he was going to Lowestoft to see some friends who were there with a yacht, and merrily proposed to take me on the saddle before him if I would like the ride.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Great rounds of beef, saddles of mutton, smoking tongues, veal and ham pies, turkeys and chickens, and geese, with every variety of vegetables, and a succession of fiery cherries and heavy ales were the main staple of the feast.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

And now, sir, she continued, springing into her saddle, it is not fit that I leave you without a word more.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There was no one to bring the horse to the saddle, so she took the saddle to the horse.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

"There!" he exclaimed, as he stretched out his hand and bent from the saddle: "You can't do without me, that is evident. Step on my boot-toe; give me both hands: mount!"

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)

They are strangers to bridle or saddle; they live in great amity with me and friendship to each other.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

All went right, and the groom lay snoring with his hand upon the golden saddle.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)