saddle

Noun

• posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl

• a seat for the rider of a bicycle

• a piece of leather across the instep of a shoe

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

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

• a seat for the rider of a horse or camel

Verb

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

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

• put a saddle on
  • saddle the horses
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  bicycle seat , saddleback , charge , burden
• Antonyms: 
  unsaddle , offsaddle