sledge
1 Americannoun
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a vehicle of various forms, mounted on runners and often drawn by draft animals, used for traveling or for conveying loads over snow, ice, rough ground, etc.
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a sled.
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British. a sleigh.
verb (used with or without object)
verb (used without object)
noun
noun
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Also called: sleigh. a vehicle mounted on runners, drawn by horses or dogs, for transporting people or goods, esp over snow
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a light wooden frame used, esp by children, for sliding over snow; toboggan
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a farm vehicle mounted on runners, for use on rough or muddy ground
verb
verb
noun
noun
Other Word Forms
Derived Forms
Conjugated Forms
Present
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have sledgedperfect
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has sledgedperfect 3rd person singular
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is sledgingprogressive 3rd person singular
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are sledgingprogressive
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am sledgingprogressive 1st person singular
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has been sledgingperfect progressive 3rd person singular
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have been sledgingperfect progressive
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sledgingparticiple
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sledgessingular 3rd person
Past
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had sledgedperfect
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had been sledgingperfect progressive
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sledgedparticiple
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were sledgingprogressive plural
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was sledgingprogressive singular
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sledgedsimple
Future
Etymology
Origin of sledge1
1595–1605; < dialectal Dutch sleeds, derivative of slede sled; cf. sleigh
Origin of sledge2
before 1000; Middle English slegge, Old English slecg; cognate with Dutch slegge, Old Norse sleggja; akin to slay
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