saddle
To put a saddle onTo put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
» She saddled him with the work.
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11 senses(transitive)To put a saddle (noun sense 1) on (an animal).
put a saddle on
(transitive)To put (something) on to another thing like a saddle on an animal.
(figuratively, transitive)To enter (a trained horse) into a race.
(figuratively, transitive)Chiefly followed by with: to burden or encumber (someone) with some problem or responsibility.
He has been saddled with the task of collecting evidence of the theft.
They went shopping and left me saddled with two children to look after.
(sich etw.) aufhalsen
load or burden; encumber
(figuratively, transitive)Chiefly followed by on or upon: to place (a burden or responsibility) or thrust (a problem) on someone.
impose a task upon, assign a responsibility to
(transitive)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.
Often followed by up.
(Canada, US, intransitive)To put a saddle on an animal.
(Canada, US, intransitive)Of a person: to get into a saddle.
aufsatteln
(archaic, figuratively, transitive)To control or restrain (someone or something), as if using a saddle; to bridle, to harness, to rein in.
(figuratively, obsolete, rare, transitive)To get (someone) to do a burdensome task.
(obsolete, transitive)To put something on to (another thing) like a saddle on an animal.
Examples
71 sentencesShe saddled him with the work.
Tom flew out of the saddle.
Tom couldn't stay in the saddle.
Tom tried to saddle the horse.
You should buy yourself a saddle.
Translations
8 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English sadelen (“to put a saddle on (an animal), to saddle”) [and other formsFrom Middle English sadelen (“to put a saddle on (an animal), to saddle”) [and other forms], from Old English sadolian, sadelian, sadilian (“to saddle”), from Proto-Germanic *sadulōną (“to saddle”), from *sadulaz (“a saddle”, noun) (see further at etymology 1) + *-ōną (suffix forming denominative verbs from nouns).
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Forms
saddles, saddling, saddled, saddledPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
2 synonymsAntonyms
1 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
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