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See also: SLED, sleď, and sleđ

English

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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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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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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Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Noun

slȇd m inan (Cyrillic spelling сле̑д)

  1. sequence
  2. track

Declension

More information singular, plural ...

References

  • sled”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

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