sled

A wooden sled.

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare East Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Related to slide.

PronunciationEdit

• Rhymes: -ɛd

a dog sled

NounEdit

sled (plural sleds)

1. A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice. (A "sled" in this sense is not pulled by an animal as a "sleigh" is.)

   The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.

2. (US) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice. (contrast "sleigh", which is larger)

   "Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled.

Derived termsEdit

• bobsled
• dogsled
• rocket sled
• sledding

TranslationsEdit

See alsoEdit

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Sled

Wikipedia

• sledge
• sleigh
• toboggan

VerbEdit

sled (third-person singular simple present sleds, present participle sledding, simple past and past participle sledded)

1. To ride a sled.

AnagramsEdit

• dels
• ELSD
• LEDs
• seld

Alternative formsEdit

• (Ijekavian): slijȇd

NounEdit

slȇd m (Cyrillic spelling сле̑д)

1. sequence
2. track

DeclensionEdit