(~s, saddling, ~d)
1.
A ~ is a leather seat that you put on the back of an animal so that you can ride the animal.
N-COUNT
see also side-~
2.
If you ~ a horse, you put a ~ on it so that you can ride it.
Why don’t we ~ a couple of horses and go for a ride?
VERB: V n
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Saddle up means the same as ~ .
I want to be gone from here as soon as we can ~ up...
She ~d up a horse.
PHRASAL VERB: V P, V P n (not pron)
3.
A ~ is a seat on a bicycle or motorcycle.
N-COUNT
4.
If you ~ someone with a problem or with a responsibility, you put them in a position where they have to deal with it.
The war devastated the economy and ~d the country with a huge foreign debt.
VERB: V n with n