Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.
To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.
To cut a saddle-shaped notch in (a log or other piece of wood) so it can fit together with other such logs or pieces; also, to fit (logs or other pieces of wood) together with this method.
To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.
To put a saddle on an animal.
To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
Of a person: to get into a saddle.
The part of a denture which holds the artificial teeth.
A low point, in the shape of a saddle, between two hills.
Synonym of saddle reef (“a saddle-shaped bedded mineral (usually gold-bearing quartz) vein occurring along the crest of an anticline or (less common) a syncline (an inverted saddle)”)
Synonym of saddle point (“a point in the range of a smooth function, every neighbourhood of which contains points on each side of its tangent plane”)
A cut of meat that includes both loins and part of the backbone.
The clitellum of an earthworm (family Lumbricidae).
In full saddle marking or saddle patch: a saddle-like marking on an animal, such as one on the back of an adult harp seal or saddleback seal (Pagophilus groenlandicus), or any of numerous such markings on a boa constrictor (Boa constrictor).
A block of wood with concave depressions at the top and bottom, usually fastened to one spar and shaped to receive the end of another.
An equipment part, such as a flange, which is hollowed out to fit upon a convex surface and serve as a means of attachment or support.
The part of a guitar which supports the strings and, in an acoustic guitar, transfers their vibrations through the bridge to the soundboard.
Synonym of harness saddle (“the part of a harness which supports the weight of poles or shafts attaching a vehicle to a horse or other animal”)
A cushion used as a seat in a cart or other vehicle.
The immovable seat of a bicycle, motorcycle, or similar vehicle.
Chiefly preceded by the: horse-riding as an activity or occupation.
Synonym of saddle brown (“a medium brown colour, like that of saddle leather”)
A seat for a rider, typically made of leather and raised in the front and rear, placed on the back of a horse or other animal, and secured by a strap around the animal's body.
The lower part of the back of a domestic fowl, especially a male bird, bearing the saddle feathers or saddle hackles.
A similar implement used to secure goods to animals; a packsaddle.
The raised floorboard in a doorway.
Synonym of saddle oxford or saddle shoe (“a shoe, resembling an oxford, which has a saddle (sense 11.1)”)
A small sloped or tapered structure that helps channel surface water to drains.
A piece of leather stitched across the instep of a shoe, usually having a different colour from the rest of the shoe.
An anticline (“fold with strata sloping downwards on each side”); specifically, a depression located along the axial trend of such a fold.
A small object (traditionally made of ebony) at the bottom of a string instrument such as a cello, viola, or violin below the tailpiece on which the tailgut (“cord securing the tailpiece to the instrument”) rests.
To force (something) into (a tight space); to squeeze (something) into (a schedule, etc); to exert great effort to insert or include (something); to include (something) despite potent reasons not to.
To use a shoehorn.
To force some current event into alignment with some (usually unconnected) agenda, especially when it is fallacious.
A smooth tool that assists in putting the foot into a shoe, by sliding the heel in after the toe is in place. This reduces discomfort and damage to the back of the shoe. By slipping it into the back of the shoe behind the heel, the user prevents the heel from squashing down the back of the shoe and causing difficulty; instead the heel slides down the smooth shoehorn, which then comes out easily once the foot is in place.
Anything by which a transaction is facilitated; a medium.