See also: sleď
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German sledde (cf. Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (cf. East Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Related to slide.
PronunciationEdit
- Rhymes: -ɛd
NounEdit
sled (plural sleds)
- 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.
- (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
TranslationsEdit
a small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice
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a vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice
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See alsoEdit
VerbEdit
sled (third-person singular simple present sleds, present participle sledding, simple past and past participle sledded)
- To ride a sled.
AnagramsEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- (Ijekavian): slijȇd
NounEdit
slȇd m (Cyrillic spelling сле̑д)
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 |