sled

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See also: SLED, sleď, and sleđ

English

A wooden 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.

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

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.

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Czech

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Etymology

Inherited from Old Czech sled, Proto-Slavic *slědъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sláidus, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ-.

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

Declension of sled (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative sled sledy
genitive sledu sledů
dative sledu sledům
accusative sled sledy
vocative slede sledy
locative sledu sledech
instrumental sledem sledy

Derived terms

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Further reading

  • sled in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • sled in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • sled in Internetová jazyková příručka

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *slědъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sláidus, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ-.

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

References

  • “sled” in Hrvatski jezični portal
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