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sled
(slĕd)n.
1. A vehicle having runners and used for carrying people or loads over ice and snow; a sledge.
2. A light vehicle, often with runners, used especially by children for coasting over snow or ice.
3. Informal A snowmobile.
4. A movable, slotted surface that slides over the blade of a table saw, used to ensure accurate cuts.
v. sled·ded, sled·ding, sleds
v.tr.
To carry on or convey by a sled.
v.intr.
To ride or use a sled.
[Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch.]
sled′der n.
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(slɛd)n., v. sled•ded, sled•ding. n.
1. a small vehicle consisting of a platform mounted on runners for use in traveling over snow or ice.
2. a sledge.
v.i. 3. to coast, ride, or be carried on a sled.
v.t. 4. to convey by sled.
[1350–1400; Middle English sledde < Middle Low German, c. Middle High German slitte; akin to Middle Low German, Middle Dutch slēde (compare sledge1, sleigh), Old High German slito, Old Norse slethi, all derivative of the Germanic base of slide]
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- bobber - A person who rides a bobsled or bobsleigh (meaning "short sled").
- pung - Once the name for a one-horse sled or wagon.
- skate, ski, sled - The word skate was originally plural and comes from Dutch schaats, which derived from an Old French word for "stilt," but the connection is unclear. Skate appeared in English in the mid-17th century. Ski, in English by 1755, was borrowed from Norwegian, and ultimately from Old Norse for "snowshoe." Sled came from Flemish and Germanic sledde, between 1325 and 1388, for a "vehicle for transporting heavy goods," and is related to sledge and sleigh.
- toboggan - Comes from Canadian French from Micmac tobakun or Abnaki udabagan, "sled, sleigh."
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sled
Past participle: sleded
Gerund: sleding
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| Noun | 1. |  sled - a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snowluge - a racing sled for one or two people pung - a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners runner - device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along toboggan - a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front vehicle - a conveyance that transports people or objects |
| Verb | 1. | sled - ride (on) a sled ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day" |
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Translations
sáně
slæde
rekikelkkapulkka
sanjke
そり
썰매
släde
เลื่อนหิมะขนาดใหญ่
xe trượt tuyết
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sled
→ مَزْلَق sáně slæde Schlitten έλκηθρο trineo reki traîneau sanjke slitta そり 썰매 slee slegge sanie trenó сани släde เลื่อนหิมะขนาดใหญ่ kızak xe trượt tuyết 雪橇Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009