sled
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A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
substantivo
- 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
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
calãoA snowmobile.
We saw them go by on their sleds this afternoon, headed toward their grandfather's quarter section.
- 4
figuradoA 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
A piece of exercise equipment, used in American football training etc., that provides resistance as it is moved over a flat surface.
Etimologia
From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Doublet of sleigh; also related to slide.
verbo
- 1
To ride a sled.
- 2
To convey on a sled.
Formas
- plural
- sleds
- pretérito
- sledded
- particípio passado
- sledded
- gerúndio
- sledding
- 3.ª pessoa do singular
- sleds
sled · A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
sledge · A sledgehammer.Sledge · A surname.sleep · To rest in a state of reduced consciousness.