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sled

Pronunciation: /ˈslɛd/

The English word “sled” has 7 meanings listed here.

noun

  1. A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
  2. A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.
  3. A snowmobile.
  4. 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.
  5. A piece of exercise equipment, used in American football training etc., that provides resistance as it is moved over a flat surface.

verb

  1. To ride a sled.
  2. To convey on a sled.

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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