going, sledding
(noun) advancing toward a goal; “persuading him was easy going”; “the proposal faces tough sledding”
sledding
(noun) the sport of riding on a sled or sleigh
sled, sleigh
(verb) ride (on) a sled
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sledding
present participle of sled
sledding (plural sleddings)
The act of sliding downhill, or transporting something, on a sled.
• Gliddens
Source: Wiktionary
Sled"ding, n.
1. The act of transporting or riding on a sled.
2. The state of the snow which admits of the running of sleds; as, the sledding is good.
Sled, n. Etym: [Akin to D. slede, G. schlitten, OHG. slito, Icel. sle, Sw. släde, Dan. sl, and E. slide, v. See Slide, and cf. Sledge a vehicle, Sleigh.]
1. A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice; -- in England called sledge.
2. A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice.
Sled, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Sledded; p. pr. & vb. n. Sledding.]
Definition: To convey or transport on a sled; as, to sled wood or timber.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
12 March 2025
(noun) small Australian parakeet usually light green with black and yellow markings in the wild but bred in many colors
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
