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Webster 1913 Edition


Sled

Sled

(slĕd)
,
Noun.
[Akin to D.
slede
, G.
schlitten
, OHG.
slito
, Icel.
sleði
, Sw.
släde
, Dan.
slæde
, and E.
slide
, v. See
Slide
, and cf.
Sledge
a vehicle,
Sleigh
.]
1.
A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; – in England called
sledge
.
2.
A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice.

Sled

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Sledded
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Sledding
.]
To convey or transport on a sled;
as, to
sled
wood or timber
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sled

SLED

,
Noun.
A carriage or vehicle moved on runners, much used in America for conveying heavy weights in winter, as timber, wood, stone and the like.

SLED

,
Verb.
T.
To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.

Definition 2024


sled

sled

See also: sleď

English

A wooden sled.

Noun

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.

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Verb

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

  1. To ride a sled.

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Noun

slȇd m (Cyrillic spelling сле̑д)

  1. sequence
  2. track

Declension