sled

noun

1. 1

   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. 2

   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. 3

   slangA snowmobile.

   We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section.

4. 4

   figurativeA 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.

   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.

5. 5

   A piece of exercise equipment, used in American football training etc., that provides resistance as it is moved over a flat surface.

verb

1. 1

   To ride a sled.

2. 2

   To convey on a sled.

Forms

plural

sleds

past tense

sledded

past participle

sledded

present participle

sledding

third person singular

sleds