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Bled vs. Sled — What's the Difference?

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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