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Sled vs Spider - What's the difference?

sled | spider |

As nouns the difference between sled and spider

is that sled is a small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice while spider is any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order araneae , most of which spin webs to catch prey.

As verbs the difference between sled and spider

is that sled is to ride a sled while spider is (internet|of a computer program) to follow links on the world wide web in order to gather information.

sled

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A small, light vehicle with runners, used, mostly by young persons, for sliding on snow or ice.
    • The child zoomed down the hill on his sled .
  • (US) A vehicle on runners, used for conveying loads over the snow or ice.
    • "Mush!" he yelled at the dogs pulling the sled .

    Derived terms

    * bobsled * dogsled * rocket sled * sledding

    See also

    (wikipedia sled) * sledge * sleigh * toboggan

    Verb

  • To ride a sled.

    • Anagrams

    * * * * ---- ==Serbo-Croatian==

    Alternative forms

    * (Ijekavian ):

    Noun

  • sequence
  • track

    • Declension

    {{sh-decl-noun , sl?d, sl?dovi , sleda, sledova , sledu, sledovima , sled, sledove , slede, sledovi , sledu, sledovima , sledom, sledovima }}

    spider

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of various eight-legged, predatory arthropods, of the order Araneae , most of which spin webs to catch prey.
  • (Internet) A program which follows links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
  • (chiefly, Australia, and, New Zealand) A float (drink) made by mixing ice-cream and a soda or fizzy drink (such as lemonade).
  • * 2002', Katharine Gasparini, ''Cranberry and vanilla ice cream '''spider'' , recipe in ''Cool Food , page 339.
  • (slang) A spindly person.
  • (slang) A man who persistently approaches or accosts a woman in a public social setting, particularly in a bar.
  • (snooker, billiards) A stick with a convex arch-shaped notched head used to support the cue when the cue ball is out of reach at normal extension; a bridge.
  • (cookware, US, UK, historical) A cast-iron frying pan with three legs, once common in open-hearth cookery.
  • * 1846 , Mary Hooker Cornelius, The Young Housekeeper's Friend , page 146, recipe 28 “To fry salt pork”:
    • Cut slices and lay them in cold water in the spider'; boil them up two or three minutes, then pour off the water and set the ' spider again on the coals and brown the slices on each side.
  • * 2005 , Marty Davidson, Grandma Grace's Southern Favorites , recipe for “strawberry coconuts”, Rutledge Hill Press, ISBN 1-4016-0219-3, page 193:
    • In spider pan or deep skillet set over hot coals, quickly fry a few at a time in deep lard until brown.
  • * 2008 , Corona Club (San Francisco, California), Corona Club Cook Book , page 202,
    • Melt ½ the dry sugar in the spider , stirring with knife until all is melted.
  • (cookware) Implement for moving food in and out of hot oil for deep frying, with a circular metal mesh attached to a long handle.
  • * 1996 , City and Guilds of London Institute, Food preparation and cooking. Cookery units. Student guide. , Stanley Thornes, ISBN 0-7487-2566-0, unit 2ND5, element 2, page 157:
    • If you are deep-frying your falafel, use a spider or basket to place them gently into the hot oil, which should be preheated to a temperature of 175°C (330°F).
  • * 2008 , Anna Kasabian and David Kasabian, The Wild Fish Cookbook , Creative Publishing International, ISBN 1-58923-317-4, page 84:
    • Consider investing in a frying basket or a spider' for small amounts of fish. A ' spider looks like a metal web and has a long handle and can lower and raise fish from the hot oil.
  • A part of a crank, to which the chainrings are attached
  • (slang) Heroin (street drug).
  • (music) Part of a resonator instrument that transmits string vibrations from the bridge to a resonator cone at multiple points.
  • A skeleton or frame with radiating arms or members, often connected by crosspieces, such as a casting forming the hub and spokes to which the rim of a fly wheel or large gear is bolted; the body of a piston head; or a frame for strengthening a core or mould for a casting.

    • Derived terms

    * (assassin spider) * (coconut spider) * (pelican spider) * spiderdom * spidership * spidery

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (Internet, of a computer program) to follow links on the World Wide Web in order to gather information.
    • ''The online dictionary is regularly spidered by search engines.

    Derived terms

    * Web spidering

    See also

    * arachnid * (wikipedia)

    Anagrams

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