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name
Abbreviation of South Carolina Law Enforcement Division.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of
Qualifier: South Carolina
Topics: government, law-enforcement
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noun
A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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noun
A snowmobile.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, slang
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, figuratively, slang
Synonyms: land yacht, boat
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A piece of exercise equipment, used in American football training etc., that provides resistance as it is moved over a flat surface.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Acronym of Single Large Expensive Disk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
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verb
To ride a sled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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verb
To convey on a sled.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
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noun
a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sledge, sleigh
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: vehicle
Narrower terms: bobsled, bobsleigh, bob, dogsled, dog sled, dog sleigh, luge, pung, toboggan
verb
ride (on) a sled
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sleigh
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ride
Narrower terms: dogsled, mush, bobsled, bob, toboggan, luge
History
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.
Across languages
3 source translations are retained for this English entry.
