sled
/ˈslɛd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.23 in modern English
5
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
noun
A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.
Canadian usage; American usage
noun
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.
Canadian usage; American usage; Slang
noun
A piece of exercise equipment, used in American football training etc., that provides resistance as it is moved over a flat surface.
Example Sentences
- "The child zoomed down the hill on his sled."
- ""Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled."
- "We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section."
- "Near-synonyms: land yacht, boat"
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₃sleydʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h₃sléydʰeti Proto-Germanic *slīdaną Proto-Indo-European *-ō Proto-Germanic *-ô Proto-Germanic *slidô Old Dutch *slido Middle Dutch sleddebor. ▲ Proto-Germanic *slidô Old Saxon slido Middle Low German sledebor. Middle English sledde English sled 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.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: *sleydʰ-, sledde, *slidô
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈslɛd/
- British English: /ˈslɛd/
Usage
- Canadian usage
- American usage
- Slang
- Intransitive verb
- Transitive verb