sled

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See also: sleď and sleđ

English

A wooden sled.

Etymology

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(deprecated template usage) 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.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slɛd/
  • Audio (AU):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛd
a dog sled

Noun

sled (plural sleds)

  1. A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills. (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.
  3. (slang) A snowmobile.

Derived terms

Derived terms

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Translations

sledge — see sledge

See also

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Verb

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

  1. (intransitive) To ride a sled.
  2. (transitive) To convey on a sled.

Anagrams

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech footprint, Proto-Slavic *slědъ (“rail, sledge runner”), Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleidʰ (“slide”).[1]

Pronunciation

Noun

sled m inan

  1. sequence, succession
    • 2012, Radomír Čížek, Velké oživení, Praha: Grada Publishing, translation of The Great Reflation by J. Anthony Boeckh, →ISBN, page 15:
      Investoři musejí pochopit, že zde existuje určitý propojený sled událostí, které vedou k potenciální katastrofě.
      It is critical for investors to understand that there is a linked sequence of events that is leading to a potential disaster.

Declension

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Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Template:R:Rejzek 2015

Further reading

Anagrams

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Noun

slȇd m (Cyrillic spelling сле̑д)

  1. sequence
  2. track

Declension

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
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