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SLED

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Irregular inflected form: sledding   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

sled; sledge; sleigh

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ride (on) a sled

Synonyms:

sled; sleigh

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

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)

Credits

 Context examples: 

Dave had bitten through both of Sol-leks’s traces, and was standing directly in front of the sled in his proper place.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I buy for her dogs and sled.

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

Taking the sled as the centre of the circle that One Ear was making, Bill planned to tap that circle at a point in advance of the pursuit.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

His intention was to rest Dave, letting him run free behind the sled.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

The sled sank deep into the drifted snow and pulled hard.

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

He flung it back, so that it struck the sled and bounced along until it fetched up on Bill's snowshoes.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Across Marsh, Tagish, and Bennett (seventy miles of lakes), they flew so fast that the man whose turn it was to run towed behind the sled at the end of a rope.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I build fire so that they will not freeze. Then I go back for sled. Also, I kill the dogs of the stranger-man so that we may have food and not die.

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

"You'd better stick by the sled," his partner protested.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

The team stood harnessed to the sled in an unbroken line, ready for the trail.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)