ˈbɜːdn ˈbɝdn t͡ʃɑːd͡ʒ t͡ʃɑɹd͡ʒ 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 posterior part of the back of a domestic fowl a seat for the rider of a bicycle a seat for the rider of a horse or other animal 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)