sled
IPA: sɫˈɛd
noun
- A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills. (A "sled" in this sense is not pulled by an animal as a "sleigh" is.)
- (US) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice. (contrast "sleigh", which is larger)
- (slang) A snowmobile.
- (US, law enforcement) Abbreviation of South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
- (computing) Acronym of Single Large Expensive Disk.
verb
- (intransitive) To ride a sled.
- (transitive) To convey on a sled.
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Examples of "sled" in Sentences
- Dogs could pull the sleds over the ice.
- The main color of the sled is not the only difference.
- The most common types are either the sled or the roller.
- The dog is hitched to the sled and the sled to the skier.
- The old sled dog bobs over the cracks of the ice with ease.
- When the car stops, the sled will continue into the vehicle.
- The pallbearers drop the coffin, which sleds down the stairs.
- The sled and standpipe is displaced by winding the conduit on the reel.
- Kirby is the cocky member of the trio and the lead dog on the sled team.
- The sled is steered mainly with the feet by applying pressure on the runners.