Definition of SLED

sled

Meanings

Plural: sleds

Noun

  • a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
  • A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
  • A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.
  • A snowmobile.
  • A 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.

Verb

  • ride (on) a sled
  • To ride a sled.
  • To convey on a sled.

Origin / Etymology

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.

Synonyms

sledge, sleigh

Scrabble Score: 5

sled is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
sled is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
sled is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 6

sled is a valid Words With Friends word