sled

== 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. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈslɛd/, [ˈslɛd] (Australian) IPA(key): /ˈsled/, [ˈsled] Rhymes: -ɛd Hyphenation: sled === Noun === sled (plural sleds) A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it. Hyponym: bobsled (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) (slang, chiefly Canada, US) A snowmobile. (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. Near-synonyms: land yacht, boat A piece of exercise equipment, used in American football training etc., that provides resistance as it is moved over a flat surface. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== === Verb === sled (third-person singular simple present sleds, present participle sledding, simple past and past participle sledded) (intransitive) To ride a sled. (transitive) To convey on a sled. === Anagrams === dels, seld, LEDs, ELSD, Dels, EDLs, elds == Czech == === Etymology === Inherited from Old Czech sled, Proto-Slavic *slědъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sláidus, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈslɛt] Rhymes: -ɛt Hyphenation: sled Homophone: slet === Noun === sled m inan sequence, succession ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “sled”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “sled”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “sled”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 === Anagrams === sedl == Serbo-Croatian == === Alternative forms === slijȇd (Ijekavian) === Etymology === From Proto-Slavic *slědъ, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *sláidus, from Proto-Indo-European *sleydʰ-. === Noun === slȇd m inan (Cyrillic spelling сле̑д) sequence track ==== Declension ==== === References === “sled”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026