English Explanatory Dictionary

sled

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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.
verb
  1. To ride a sled.
  2. To convey on a sled.
name
  1. Abbreviation of South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
noun
  1. Acronym of Single Large Expensive Disk.

Pronunciation

/ˈslɛd/ [ˈslɛd] /ˈsled/ [ˈsled] En-au-sled.ogg

Word forms

sled sleds sledding sledded

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.

Synonyms

land yacht boat

Related words

autosled sledge sleigh toboggan

Derived words

aerosled airsled bobsled dogsled ice sled kick-sled kicksled mudsled NOP sled rocket sled sledage sleddable sledder sledding sled dog sleddog sledful sled head sled-head sledhead sled hockey sledless sledload snow sled shovel spoon sled threshing sled windsled
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