Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To ride or drive a sleigh.

    ride (on) a sled

  2. (transitive)To transport (cargo, freight) via sleigh.

Examples

16 sentences

  1. Santa's sleigh is pulled by flying reindeer.

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  2. Tom arrived in a horse-drawn sleigh.

    deTom kam in einem von Pferden gezogenen Schlitten an.

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  3. The sleigh glided swiftly over the ice.

    ruСани бойко заскользили по льду.

    deDer Schlitten rutschte geschwind über das Eis.

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  4. Tom and Mary went on a horse-drawn sleigh ride.

    deTom und Maria haben sich auf eine Pferdeschlittenfahrt begeben.

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  5. Sitting in the sleigh of a boozer, you'll sing along his drunken songs.

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Origin

From Modern Dutch slee, from Middle Dutch slede, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slidô. Do

From Modern Dutch slee, from Middle Dutch slede, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *slidô. Doublet of sled and further related to slide.

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Forms

sleighs, sleighing, sleighed, sleighed
Base formsleigh · to sleigh
3rd person singularsleighs
Present participlesleighing
Past simplesleighed
Past participlesleighed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theysleigh
he, she, itsleighs

Past simpleLesson

all personssleighed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave sleighed
he, she, ithas sleighed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill sleigh

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • ride (on) a sled:sled

Word family

1 related words
Derivedsleigher

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
sleetsleeveB1sleevelesssleightslendersleuth
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