1
: a vehicle usually on runners for transportation especially on snow or ice
especially
: a small steerable one used especially by children for coasting down snow-covered hills
2
sledded; sledding
: to ride on a sled or sleigh
sledder
noun
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
This means take after take of me pulling Isaac on the sled, which is attached on runners to the tunnel floor.
—Kristian Nairn, WIRED, 24 Sep. 2024
Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 25 Aug. 2024
Guests at Sand Valley Resort can do just about anything on this 12,000-acre property, from playing matches on one of the 16 grass tennis courts to sledding down the sand dunes to angling with the resident fisher.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 30 July 2024
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Noun
The sleds were not working for any of us, and that wasn’t written.
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
This means take after take of me pulling Isaac on the sled, which is attached on runners to the tunnel floor.
—Kristian Nairn, WIRED, 24 Sep. 2024
Verb
Graphs showing the declining share of American workers who are union members since the Eighties resemble the gradient of Park Slope: gentle enough for a four-year-old to sled down, but very likely, in the end, to land you in the Gowanus Canal.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 25 Aug. 2024
Guests at Sand Valley Resort can do just about anything on this 12,000-acre property, from playing matches on one of the 16 grass tennis courts to sledding down the sand dunes to angling with the resident fisher.
—Catherine Garcia, theweek, 30 July 2024
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“Sled.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sled. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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sled
1 of 2 noun1
: a vehicle usually on runners for transportation especially over snow or ice
2
: a small sled used especially by children for coasting on snow-covered slopes
sled
2 of 2 verb
sledded; sledding
: to ride or carry on a sled or sleigh
sledder
noun
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