different between rosebud vs sled

English

Etymology

rose +? bud

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /???z.b?d/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?o?z.b?d/

Noun

rosebud (plural rosebuds)

1. The bud of a rose.
2. (Britain, sometimes as a term of endearment) A pretty young woman.
3. (US, rare) A debutante.
4. (rare) Any of assorted small seashells with a pink or partially pink color, usually of the family Muricidae.
5. (Cockney) A mouth.
6. (slang) the indentation of a surface caused by an incorrect hammer strike (missing the nail)
7. (vulgar, slang) The anus.
   • 2017, Penthouse Variations on Anal

     Her ass was the ultimate goal for both of us, but I wanted to draw out the anticipation. […] She watched from between her knees as I prepared to push into her rosebud.

   • 2017, Corinne Davies, The 3xtasy Lake Collection (volume 2, page 128)

     Squeezing a healthy dollop of lube onto her rosebud, he stretched the tight ring and forced more lubrication into her ass.

Derived terms

• gather rosebuds
• rosebudding

References

• Eric Partridge, A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 8th edition, 1984

Anagrams

• obdures

English

Etymology

From Middle English sledde, from Middle Dutch sledde or Middle Low German sledde (compare Dutch slee, slede, Low German Sleden), from Proto-Germanic *slidô (compare Saterland Frisian sliede, German Schlitten, Norwegian slede). Related to slide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sl?d/
• Rhymes: -?d

Noun

sled (plural sleds)

1. 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.

2. (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.

3. (slang) A snowmobile.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• sledge
• sleigh
• toboggan

Verb

sled (third-person singular simple present sleds, present participle sledding, simple past and past participle sledded)

1. (intransitive) To ride a sled.
2. (transitive) To convey on a sled.

Anagrams

• Dels, EDLs, ELSD, LEDs, dels, seld

Czech

Etymology

From Old Czech footprint, Proto-Slavic *sl?d? (“rail, sledge runner”), Proto-Indo-European *h?sleid? (“slide”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?sl?t]
• Rhymes: -?t
• Hyphenation: sled
• Homophone: slet

Noun

sled m inan

1. sequence, succession

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• sled in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• sled in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Anagrams

• sedl

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Ijekavian): slij?d

Noun

sl?d m (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. sequence
2. track

Declension