sled

1. 1.

   ride (on) a sled

   Synonymssleigh

   Broaderride

   Narrowerdogsledbobsledtoboggan

   sport

Other forms of sled

plural

sleds·

past tense

sledded·

present participle

sledding

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about sled

What does sled mean?

sled means "a vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sled?

sled has 1 syllable: sled. In IPA it is /ˈslɛd/.

What is another word for sled?

Close synonyms include sledge, sleigh, sleigh. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sled a common word?

sled is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with sled?

1 word rhymes with sled. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.