sled
96
1.1
- noun
- /slɛd/
- US
:
trineo
- As the saying goes, unless you are the lead dog in a sled team, the view never changes.
- dog sled
- pull sleds
- board the sled
It's true that the ancient Egyptians did haul big objects on sleds on wet sand.
- It's true that the ancient Egyptians did haul big objects on sleds on wet sand.
- Unfortunately, I've made the decision to sell the sled.
- She put us on Bonnie put us on these sleds, but they had wheels and we went down Alpine Rd.
- It snowed in Edison, NJ, and I grabbed a shovel in my garage, not ran outside with a sled.
- I got to drive home and I can safely say that a sled drawn by Huskies is my favorite vehicle I've ever driven.
- And you're like, these sleds are so heavy that like you're going at a snail's pace, like inching forwards.
- Let me climb onto your comb, your Nordic sled of embered, untethered hum.
Examples
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After the heavy snowfall, they loaded their supplies onto the sled and ventured into the forest.
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Filled to the rim, the sled swayed between high walls of snow.
Fiction book (1997) -
And yeah, like they made a sled run for the little kids.
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That time you took your sled down that hill and broke your arm.
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And you remember when you went flying on that sled the other day?
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For several hours now, the sled advanced only slowly and with great difficulty.
Fiction book (1997) -
Gets her on the sled, out of harm's way.
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So he dressed up as Santa Claus and pulled a sled with like presents and stuff, which is really, really cool.
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There's a little poor boy goes out into a wintry forest to collect wood on a sled.
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I got to drive home and I can safely say that a sled drawn by Huskies is my favorite vehicle I've ever driven.
Synonyms
98
3.0
A low open vehicle on runners pulled by horses or dogs over snow
4
3.1
Dogs pull a sled that carries people or supplies over snow
3
3.5
A sled pulled by dogs to travel over snow
3
2.7
A vehicle with runners that moves over snow, often pulled by dogs or horses
A sled with long runners that dogs pull to travel on snow and ice
A sled pulled by dogs for travel over snow
Compounds
A long dog sled race across Alaska that happens every year and covers about 1,000 miles
How Big
Surface Forms
Etymology
Sled comes from an old word like slide that meant 'to slide'. So a sled is a simple vehicle that moves by sliding over snow.