EGAVE

sled

About 0.99 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
    The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.
  2. noun A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.
    "Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled.
  3. noun A snowmobile.
    We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section.
  4. 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.
    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.
  5. noun A piece of exercise equipment, used in American football training etc., that provides resistance as it is moved over a flat surface.
  6. verb To ride a sled.
  7. verb To convey on a sled.

Similar words

sleigh sledge toboggan komatik pung luge monoski chariot team cart

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Word family

sledded sledder sledders sledding sleds

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