sled

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills; no draft animal pulls it.
2. (Canada, US) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice, and often pulled by sled dogs.
3. (Canada, US, slang) A snowmobile.
4. (Canada, US, figuratively, slang) 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

1. (intransitive) To ride a sled.
2. (transitive) To convey on a sled.

Concepten

slee

🛷

slede

coaster

arrenslee

arrenslede

Synoniemen

sledge

sleigh

toboggan

sledge

bobsleigh

luge

drag

dogs

pung

tray

motor sleigh

horse-sleigh

bobsled

Vertalingen

Schlitten

🛷

trineo

traîneau

🛷

slitta

luge

trenó

🛷

trineu

🛷

έλκηθρο

schlittern

toboggan

traineau

carriole

φέρω επι ελκύθρου

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/slɛd/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: sledde

Verwant aan Nederlands: slee

Verwant aan Nedersaksisch: Sleden

Verwant aan Saterfries: sliede

Verwant aan Duits: Schlitten

Verwant aan Noors: slede

In summary

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.