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

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; no draft animal pulls it.
    Hyponym: bobsled
    The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.
  2. (chiefly Canada, US) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.
    Hyponyms: dog sled, horse sled
    Coordinate term: sleigh (generally larger)
    "Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled.
  3. (slang, chiefly Canada, US) A snowmobile.
    We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section.
  4. (slang, chiefly Canada, US, figuratively) 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.
    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.

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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.

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Serbo-Croatian

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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 (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025