SLED (sledding)

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Irregular inflected form: sledding   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does sled mean? 

• SLED (noun)
  The noun SLED has 1 sense:

1. a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

  Familiarity information: SLED used as a noun is very rare.

• SLED (verb)
  The verb SLED has 1 sense:

1. ride (on) a sled

  Familiarity information: SLED used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SLED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

sled; sledge; sleigh

Hypernyms ("sled" is a kind of...):

vehicle (a conveyance that transports people or objects)

Meronyms (parts of "sled"):

runner (device consisting of the parts on which something can slide along)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sled"):

bob; bobsled; bobsleigh (a long racing sled (for 2 or more people) with a steering mechanism)

bobsled; bobsleigh (formerly two short sleds coupled together)

dog sled; dog sleigh; dogsled (a sled pulled by dogs)

luge (a racing sled for one or two people)

pung (a one-horse sleigh consisting of a box on runners)

toboggan (a long narrow sled without runners; boards curve upward in front)

Derivation:

sled (ride (on) a sled)

• SLED (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they sled    ... he / she / it sleds   
Past simple: sledded   
Past participle: sledded   
-ing form: sledding   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ride (on) a sled

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Synonyms:

sled; sleigh

Hypernyms (to "sled" is one way to...):

ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "sled"):

dogsled; mush (travel with a dogsled)

bob; bobsled (ride a bobsled)

luge; toboggan (move along on a luge or toboggan)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

sled (a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow)

sledder (someone who rides a sled)

sledding (the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh)

 Context examples 

An hour later, taking advantage of the cut-offs around which the sled had to go, Bill arrived.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

"I saw you unload it from the sled."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

The driver was surprised, too; the sled had not moved.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Henry sat down on the sled and watched.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Once, the sled broke through, with Dave and Buck, and they were half-frozen and all but drowned by the time they were dragged out.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

Messner unharnessed the animals, unloaded his sled and took possession.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

A few minutes later, Henry, who was now travelling behind the sled, emitted a low, warning whistle.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

With the last remnant of his strength he managed to stagger along behind till the train made another stop, when he floundered past the sleds to his own, where he stood alongside Sol-leks.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

And I see one man with dogs and a sled.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Leather harness was on the dogs, and leather traces attached them to a sled which dragged along behind.

(White Fang, by Jack London)