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  • noun Plural form of sled.
  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sled.

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Examples

  • Much of the required gear that we carry on our sleds is related to that first mission.

    USATODAY.com 2005

  • He met him often driving the wood sleds from the forest, where the men were chopping and as James plodded beside the slow oxen, he read or studied, anxious to use every minute.

    Little Men: Life at Plumfield With Jo's Boys 1871

  • The sleds were the two largest owned by anyone in the neighborhood, and both were fine ones.

    The Bobbsey Twins at School Laura Lee Hope

  • The sleds were the two largest owned by anyone in the neighborhood, and both were fine ones.

    The Bobbsey Twins at School Laura Lee Hope

  • The dogs ran with the recklessness of a stampede, and the precious burden of the sleds was a treasure upon the salving of which mind and body were concentrated to the exclusion of all else.

    The Heart of Unaga Ridgwell Cullum 1905

  • But the loss of the sleds was a good thing now that their occupants were gone, for it eased off the weight and the car rose much higher in the water.

    A Columbus of Space 1890

  • Wrapped securely upon their sleds was a liberal supply of food, with kettles, axes, and other things that might be required.

    Winter Adventures of Three Boys Egerton R. Young 1874

  • The premise was built around a sport where the crazy rode on rocket engines, called "sleds," and attempted to either race or destroy each other.

    Ars Technica Ben Kuchera 2011

  • That said, the design of the sleds is a nice touch as each one includes a swivel mount that allows a player to rotate the sled in order to align the sled mat with the sled's current orientation on the track.

    Boardgame News 2008

  • The young people profit by this to get upon what they call "sleds," which are simply flat boards of a certain length and width, with runners under them, upon which they slide with immense velocity down this icy hill (a sort of montagne Russe of a primitive kind).

    Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters 1891

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