Meaning of "sleigh" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SLEIGH

From Dutch slee, variant of sledesledge1.

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF SLEIGH

sleigh  [sleɪ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SLEIGH

Sleigh is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb sleigh in English.

WHAT DOES SLEIGH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sled

A sled, sledge, or sleigh is a land vehicle with a smooth underside or possessing a separate body supported by two or more smooth, relatively narrow, longitudinal runners that travels by sliding across a surface. Most sleds are used on surfaces with low friction, such as snow or ice. In some cases, sleds may be used on mud, grass, or even smooth stones. They may be used to transport passengers, cargo, or both. Shades of meaning differentiating the three terms often reflect regional variations depending on historical uses and prevailing climate. In Britain the three terms are generally quite similar in meaning, although sledge usually refers to a smaller sled, used mostly for freight, one that can generally transport no more than one or two persons with only a limited amount of cargo. Sledges may be pulled by dogs or other smaller animals, although confusingly a sledge pulled by a dog in British English is often referred to as a dog-sled. A small recreational sled, pulled by humans, can also be referred to as a sledge. Sleigh remains largely a synonym for sled regardless of its capacity.

Definition of sleigh in the English dictionary

The definition of sleigh in the dictionary is to travel by sleigh.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO SLEIGH

PRESENT

Present

I sleigh

you sleigh

he/she/it sleighs

we sleigh

you sleigh

they sleigh

Present continuous

I am sleighing

you are sleighing

he/she/it is sleighing

we are sleighing

you are sleighing

they are sleighing

Present perfect

I have sleighed

you have sleighed

he/she/it has sleighed

we have sleighed

you have sleighed

they have sleighed

Present perfect continuous

I have been sleighing

you have been sleighing

he/she/it has been sleighing

we have been sleighing

you have been sleighing

they have been sleighing

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I sleighed

you sleighed

he/she/it sleighed

we sleighed

you sleighed

they sleighed

Past continuous

I was sleighing

you were sleighing

he/she/it was sleighing

we were sleighing

you were sleighing

they were sleighing

Past perfect

I had sleighed

you had sleighed

he/she/it had sleighed

we had sleighed

you had sleighed

they had sleighed

Past perfect continuous

I had been sleighing

you had been sleighing

he/she/it had been sleighing

we had been sleighing

you had been sleighing

they had been sleighing

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will sleigh

you will sleigh

he/she/it will sleigh

we will sleigh

you will sleigh

they will sleigh

Future continuous

I will be sleighing

you will be sleighing

he/she/it will be sleighing

we will be sleighing

you will be sleighing

they will be sleighing

Future perfect

I will have sleighed

you will have sleighed

he/she/it will have sleighed

we will have sleighed

you will have sleighed

they will have sleighed

Future perfect continuous

I will have been sleighing

you will have been sleighing

he/she/it will have been sleighing

we will have been sleighing

you will have been sleighing

they will have been sleighing

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would sleigh

you would sleigh

he/she/it would sleigh

we would sleigh

you would sleigh

they would sleigh

Conditional continuous

I would be sleighing

you would be sleighing

he/she/it would be sleighing

we would be sleighing

you would be sleighing

they would be sleighing

Conditional perfect

I would have sleigh

you would have sleigh

he/she/it would have sleigh

we would have sleigh

you would have sleigh

they would have sleigh

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been sleighing

you would have been sleighing

he/she/it would have been sleighing

we would have been sleighing

you would have been sleighing

they would have been sleighing

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you sleigh
we let´s sleigh
you sleigh

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to sleigh

Past participle

sleighed

Present Participle

sleighing

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF SLEIGH

Find out the translation of sleigh to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of sleigh from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «sleigh» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: > 雪橇
• Translator English - Spanish: trineo
• English: sleigh
• Translator English - Hindi: बेपहियों की गाड़ी
• Translator English - Arabic: مزلقة
• Translator English - Russian: сани
• Translator English - Portuguese: trenó
• Translator English - Bengali: স্লেজটি
• Translator English - French: traîneau
• Translator English - Malay: Giring
• Translator English - German: Schlitten
• Translator English - Japanese: >そり
• Translator English - Korean: > 썰매
• Translator English - Javanese: Sleigh
• Translator English - Vietnamese: xe trượt tuyết
• Translator English - Tamil: சறுக்குவண்டி
• Translator English - Marathi: स्लेश
• Translator English - Turkish: atlı kızak
• Translator English - Italian: slitta
• Translator English - Polish: sanie
• Translator English - Ukrainian: сани
• Translator English - Romanian: sania trasa de cai
• Translator English - Greek: έλκηθρο
• Translator English - Afrikaans: slee
• Translator English - Swedish: släde
• Translator English - Norwegian: slede

4 QUOTES WITH «SLEIGH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word sleigh.

1

Paul Engle

I grew up in the prolonged survival of the great age of the horse, with harness and saddle and sleigh bells and horse pictures, not as antiques but the facts of our lives.

2

Paul Engle

Every Christmas should begin with the sound of bells, and when I was a child mine always did. But they were sleigh bells, not church bells, for we lived in a part of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where there were no churches.

3

Clement Clarke Moore

As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly, when they meet with an obstacle, mount to the sky. So up to the house-top the coursers they flew, with the sleigh full of toys, and St. Nicholas too.

4

Rod Steiger

I made a big mistake with him the first day I shot. We're shooting the scene where I come back from the party, the dance, in the sleigh with Julie Christie and we turn the corner and go past the camera and the camera follows us just a little bit and we disappear.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SLEIGH»

Discover the use of sleigh in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to sleigh and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Waking

. . . In this book Tom Sleigh's vigilance provides his readers with an invaluable gift: we can wake our lives."—Stuart Dischell, Boston Review

Tom Sleigh, 1990

Sleigh Bells in Springtime: Frogs Calling

"Sleigh Bells in Springtime" [Frogs Calling] is the story of a young girl who searches for the source of a sound and finds so much more: a love of frogs, a sense of place, quality time with her father and her sister, and the opportunity to ...

Jessica R. Kratz, 2010

Six Legs Better: A Cultural History of Myrmecology

Sleigh uses specific representations of ants within the field of entomology from the late nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries to explore the broader role of metaphors in science and their often unpredictable translations.

Charlotte Sleigh, 2007

Sleigh Ride with the Rancher

A week before Christmas, city girl Hope McKinnon finds herself snowbound with rugged rancher and all round do-gooder Blake Nelson.

Donna Alward, 2012

Follow That Sleigh

Animated clay figures and scenery beautifully illustrate this imaginative story. Video version to appear on national TV this Christmas. Full color.

Dick Codor, Michael Teitelbaum, 1989

Sleigh Bells Ring

Her rich, beautiful illustrations grace the pages of Sleigh Bells Ring, a wistful look at the magic of Christmas. Christmas and winter scenes are the trademark of folk artist Linda Nelson Stocks.

Linda Nelson Stocks, 2006

A Christmas Sleigh Ride

Tales of the Great Plains that will make readers long to experience their own Christmas sleigh ride.

Tracey Victoria Bateman, Jill Stengl, 2004

Italian Doctor, Sleigh-Bell Bride (Mills & Boon Medical)

From the Snow Ball...to snow kissed!

Sarah Morgan, 2008

The Chain

Poems look at the events of the past and the process of recollection itself

Tom Sleigh, 1996

Santa's surprise sleigh

Hank's grandfather polishes an old sleigh runner for Santa's sleigh.

Susan Karnosky, Creative Child Press, 1992

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SLEIGH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term sleigh is used in the context of the following news items.

Horse-drawn sleigh crash leaves woman in serious condition

According to the RCMP, the sleigh ride tour regularly travels a set route on an old railway bed which is now primarily used as an ATV trail and crosses Highway ... «CBC.ca, Jan 15»

Horse-drawn sleigh hit by vehicle off Highway 1, injuring 5

"Four adults from the sleigh are being transported to hospital by ground ambulance with serious non-life threatening injuries," he said. "One adult from the sleigh ... «CBC.ca, Dec 14»

£200000 Santa claus sled comes complete with a chimney cam and …

Father Christmas will be sitting pretty this Christmas after swapping his tired wooden sledge for this high-tech 'super sleigh'. The £200,000 ($313,000) carriage ... «Daily Mail, Dec 14»

Rudolph the reindeer caught red handed destroying Santa's sleigh

The footage, shot on a webcam at Shubenacadie Provincial Wildlife Park on Sunday, shows Rudolph playfully attacking the decorative sleigh put in his paddock. «Daily Mail, Dec 14»

Santa's sleigh slapped with parking ticket

A traffic agent may find a lump of coal in his stocking this year after slapping a parking ticket on Santa's sleigh. Chris Uttley parked the sleigh on zig-zag lines ... «New York Post, Dec 14»

NORAD Releases Specs On Santa's Sleigh, Which Goes 'Faster …

"We really don't want to compare Santa's sleigh to a C-130, but what we can confirm is that Santa's sleigh is a versatile, all weather, multi-purpose, vertical ... «Business Insider, Dec 14»

Air traffic controllers prepare for Santa's sleigh

AUSTRALIAN air traffic controllers are now in full Christmas mode, preparing to ensure Santa has a safe journey when he enters our skies late on Christmas Eve ... «The Sunshine Coast Daily, Dec 14»

Lego Santa and reindeer land in Covent Garden

As in so many households across the land, the aftermath of the arrival of Santa's sleigh was scattered pieces of coloured plastic needing to be picked up and put ... «The Guardian, Nov 14»

Sleigh Bells and Tink Share "That Did It" Video

Update: Tink has just shared a new song called "Tell the Children" about police brutality, inspired by Ferguson and Michael Brown. Listen to it above. «Pitchfork Media, Nov 14»

Hear Sleigh Bells' Fiery Collaboration With Chicago Rapper Tink

This past March, Sleigh Bells shared a SXSW stage with up-and-coming Chicago rapper-singer Tink. "I immediately thought she was incredibly badass," says ... «RollingStone.com, Nov 14»