sled
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Definition of sled
6 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
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A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
“The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.”
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noun
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A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
“The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.”
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(Canada, US)A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.
“"Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled.”
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(Canada, US, slang)A snowmobile.
“We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section.”
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(Canada, US, figuratively, slang)A car (automobile) or truck, usually called so with the implication of sledlike traits: heavy, low-slung, and prone to going fast but not braking or cornering particularly well.
“Near-synonyms: land yacht, boat”
“He was a bit reckless and frankly we were nervous about riding with him in that big old sled of his, a Cadillac with a V-8.”
“That sled had manual drum brakes on all four corners.”
verb
- (intransitive)To ride a sled.
- (transitive)To convey on a sled.
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Etymology
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). Doublet of sleigh; also related to slide.
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