Sled Common

Sled has 5 different meanings across 2 categories:

Definitions

Noun

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

"The children eagerly waited as their grandfather hitched the team of huskies to pull the sled through the fresh powder."

sled sledge sleigh

A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills. (A "sled" in this sense is not pulled by an animal as a "sleigh" is.)

"The sysadmin decided to replace our aging SLEDs before the holiday traffic caused any database bottlenecks."

Acronym of Single Large Expensive Disk.

Verb

ride (on) a sled

"The children raced down the hill on their sleds, laughing as they picked up speed in the snow."

sled sleigh

To ride a sled.

"The children raced down the hill on their sleds, laughing as they picked up speed in the fresh snow."