dictionary definitions for "sled"


From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  sled
      n 1: a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs;
           for transportation over snow [syn: sled, sledge,
           sleigh]
      v 1: ride (on) a sled [syn: sled, sleigh]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sled \Sled\ (sl[e^]d), n. [Akin to D. slede, G. schlitten, OHG.
     slito, Icel. sle[eth]i, Sw. sl[aum]de, Dan. sl[ae]de, and E.
     slide, v. See Slide, and cf. Sledge a vehicle, Sleigh.]
     1. A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the
        snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.
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     2. A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young
        persons, for sliding on snow or ice.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Sled \Sled\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sledded; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Sledding.]
     To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.
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