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to sleigh

to sleigh

3 5.3
To ride in a vehicle on runners over snow
  • verb
  • /sleɪ/
  • UK
translation icon : ir en trineo
  • Sleds aren't to hit people, but to sleigh with.
  • sleighing song
  • sleighing song tonight

Examples

  • What fun it is to ride and sing a sleighing song tonight

    The Music Never Stopped (2011)

  • Jump on a sleigh and go for a ride.

  • Jump on a sleigh and go for a ride.

  • So now I have something to do with him other than try to sleigh ride in the yard.

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  • She's like, yeah, I was like, she's like, it's on the top of a mountain and you're going to ride in a sleigh to get there.

  • We decided to sleigh through the snowy hills this winter.

  • During the holidays, we often sleigh in the park with our friends.

  • Children love to sleigh down the big hill after a fresh snowfall.

Synonyms

to sled
vsto sleigh
  • US
2 1.2

To ride on a low vehicle with runners over snow or ice

is used mainly on snow rather than on ice
to sledge
vsto sleigh
  • UK
5.1

To move people or goods over snow using a vehicle with runners

is mainly for riding rather than for carrying goods

Compounds

sleigh bell
7 2.7

A small metal object that jingles when moved, often on a horse harness or sleigh

sleigh bed
1 6.1

A bed with a headboard and footboard that curve outward like a sled

dog sleigh
  • UK
4.5

A sled pulled by dogs for travel over snow

Nantucket sleigh ride
  • Archaic
9.9

A wild, dangerous ride like when a whale pulls a small boat very fast

How Challenging

to trek
9 3.9
oversnow
  • UK
8.0
to sleigh
  • UK
3 5.3

Surface Forms

sleigh infinitive
sleighed past
sleighed past participle
sleighing present participle
sleighs third person singular

Etymology

Sleigh as a verb comes from the same old Dutch word slee, meaning 'sled' or 'to slide', like the English word sled. So to sleigh is to ride or travel by sliding over snow.