Bled vs. Sled — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Bled and Sled
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Bled
Bled (pronounced [ˈbleːt] (listen); German: Veldes, in older sources also Feldes) is a town on Lake Bled in the Upper Carniolan region of northwestern Slovenia. It is the administrative seat of the Municipality of Bled.
Sled
A sled, sledge, or sleigh is a land vehicle that slides across a surface, usually of ice or snow. It is built with either a smooth underside or a separate body supported by two or more smooth, relatively narrow, longitudinal runners similar in principle to skis.
Bled
To emit or lose blood.
Sled
A vehicle having runners and used for carrying people or loads over ice and snow; a sledge.
Bled
To be wounded, especially in battle.
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Sled
A light vehicle, often with runners, used especially by children for coasting over snow or ice.
Bled
To feel sympathetic grief or anguish
My heart bleeds for the victims of the air crash.
Sled
(Informal) A snowmobile.
Bled
To exude a fluid such as sap.
Sled
A movable, slotted surface that slides over the blade of a table saw, used to ensure accurate cuts.
Bled
To pay out money, especially an exorbitant amount.
Sled
To carry on or convey by a sled.
Bled
To run together or be diffused, as dyes in wet cloth.
Sled
To ride or use a sled.
Bled
To undergo or be subject to such a diffusion of color
The madras skirt bled when it was first washed.
Sled
A small, light vehicle with runners, used recreationally, mostly by children, for sliding down snow-covered hills. A "sled" in this sense is not pulled by an animal as a "sleigh" is.
The child zoomed down the hill on his sled.
Bled
To show through a layer of paint, as a stain or resin in wood.
Sled
(US) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice. contrast "sleigh", which is larger
"Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled.
Bled
To be printed so as to go off the edge or edges of a page after trimming.
Sled
(slang) A snowmobile.
Bled
To take or remove blood from.
Sled
(intransitive) To ride a sled.
Bled
To extract sap or juice from.
Sled
(transitive) To convey on a sled.
Bled
To draw liquid or gaseous contents from; drain.
Sled
A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; - in England called sledge.
Bled
To draw off (liquid or gaseous matter) from a container.
Sled
A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice.
Bled
To obtain money from, especially by improper means.
Sled
To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.
Bled
To drain of all valuable resources
"Politicians ... never stop inventing illicit enterprises of government that bleed the national economy" (David A. Stockman).
Sled
A vehicle mounted on runners and pulled by horses or dogs; for transportation over snow
Bled
To cause (an illustration, for example) to bleed.
Sled
Ride (on) a sled
Bled
To trim (a page, for example) so closely as to mutilate the printed or illustrative matter.
Bled
An instance of bleeding.
Bled
Illustrative matter that bleeds.
Bled
A page trimmed so as to bleed.
Bled
The part of the page that is trimmed off.
Bled
Simple past tense and past participle of bleed
Bled
(in parts of French North Africa) Hinterland, field.
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