Definitions for sledge

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sledge sledge

Spelling: [slej]

IPA: /slɛdʒ/

Sledge is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 90 anagrams from letters in sledge (deegls).

Definitions for sledge

noun

1. 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.
2. a sled.
3. British. a sleigh.

verb (used without object)

1. British. to sleigh.

verb (used with or without object)

1. to convey or travel by sledge.

noun, verb (used with or without object)

1. sledgehammer (defs 1, 2).

Origin of sledge

1595-1605; dialectal Dutch sleeds, derivative of slede sled; cf. sleigh¹

Examples for sledge

The sledge must be loaded with the provisions at once, and as much wood as possible.

They pushed the sledge themselves, for the dogs could no longer draw it.

The dogs were speedily harnessed to the sledge, and the march resumed.

Mukhorty overtook them, and struck his hoofs against the back of the sledge in front of them.

Americans love winners and they love underdogs, and when we took a sledge hammer to kill ants, people turned against us.

Nikita took the whip that hung over the front of the sledge and struck him once.

Webb made his clay from ancient bricks that he found on walks in Brooklyn, then smashed to a powder with a sledge hammer.

The well-fed and well-rested dogs were harnessed to the sledge.

Now that the inventory was made, the next business was to fetch the sledge.

The sledge was the principal thing, as it needed thorough repair.