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Definition: SLEDGING |
SLEDGINGPersonal pronoun & verb & noun1. Of Sledge |
Crosswords: SLEDGING |
| Specialty definitions using "SLEDGING": sledging roll. (references) |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Sledging. In: "Scott's Last Expedition", 1913. Dodd, Mead, and Company, New York. P. 106. Vol. II. Library Call Number G850 1910 .S35 1913. Credit: Treasures of the Library. |
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| "SLEDGING" is generally used as a lexical verb (-ing form) -- approximately 90.00% of the time. "SLEDGING" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Lexical Verb (-ing form) | 90% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Noun (proper) | 10% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "SLEDGING": go sledging. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "SLEDGING": dog-sledging. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SLEDGING"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | udslæbning (extraction, ground yarding, logging, removal, skidding, sleighing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sleden (sleigh, sleighing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
French | schlittage (sleighing), traînage (sleighing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | schlittenfahren (Sleighing, tobogganing), Schleppen (be carrying, drag, dragging, haul, haul up, haulage, heave, hump, lug, schlep, schlepp, tote, tow, towing, trail, wear continually), Holz abfahren (sleighing), Gleiten (be chucked, float, floating, glide, plane, range, sail, sashay, skid, slide, slip, to float, to glide, to sashay). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | έλξη (affinity, attraction, lure, pull, traction), μεταφορά με έλκυθρο (sleighing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | trasporto con slitta (sleighing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | edgingslay transporte dos toros por arrasto (sleighing). (various references) sãniuş. (various references) transporte con arrastradero (sleighing), arrastre de trozas (logging, skidding, sleighing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"SLEDGING" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sleding, sludging. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: geldings, sniggled. | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-g-g-i-l-n-s" | |
-1 letter: dingles, edgings, engilds, gelding, leggins, niggled, niggles, singled, sniggle. | |
-2 letters: deigns, design, dinges, dingle, edging, engild, glides, ingles, leggin, niggle, signed, singed, single. | |
-3 letters: deign, deils, delis, dines, dinge, dings, gelds, gelid, gilds, gleds, glens, glide, idles, ingle, isled, lends, lenis, liens, lined, lines, lings, nides, segni, sengi, sidle, singe, slide, sling, snide. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-g-g-i-l-n-s" | |
+2 letters: fledglings, ridgelings. | |
+3 letters: dogsledding, ganglioside, longsighted. | |
+4 letters: gangliosides, goaltendings. | |
+5 letters: degringolades, disentangling, niggardliness. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4C 45 44 47 49 4E 47 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001100 01000101 01000100 01000111 01001001 01001110 01000111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S L E D G I N G |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004C 0045 0044 0047 0049 004E 0047 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5346393841434841 |
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