sled

See also: sleď

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EnglishEdit

A wooden sled.

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland 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

Derived terms

• bobsled
• dogsled

• rocket sled
• sledding

TranslationsEdit

sledge — see sledge

See alsoEdit

• 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, dels, seld

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Serbo-CroatianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (Ijekavian): slijȇd

NounEdit

slȇd m (Cyrillic spelling сле̑д)

1. sequence
2. track

DeclensionEdit

Declension of sled

	singular	plural
nominative	slȇd	slȅdovi
genitive	sleda	sledova
dative	sledu	sledovima
accusative	sled	sledove
vocative	slede	sledovi
locative	sledu	sledovima
instrumental	sledom	sledovima