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slough

/slʌf/

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What does slough mean?

noun

  1. The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
  2. Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

verb

  1. To shed skin or outer layers.
More meanings (10)

verb

  1. To slide off or flake off, as an outer layer, such as skin, might do.
  2. To discard.
  3. (slang) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission.

noun

  1. A marshy or muddy area.
  2. A type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees.
  3. A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
  4. A state of depression.
  5. A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.

proper noun

  1. A town in east Berkshire, England (formerly Buckinghamshire), close to Heathrow Airport.
  2. A unitary authority and borough of Berkshire, the Slough Borough Council.
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IPA pronunciation

/slʌf/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/slaʊ//sluː/
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We, indeed, came both together, until we came at the Slough of Despond, into the which we also suddenly fell.
John BunyanThe Pilgrim's Progress from this world to that which is to come Delivered under the similitude of a dream, by John BunyanProject Gutenberg ebook #131
Once my two companions stopped to pull a mired cow out of a slough, hauling with ropes from their saddle horns.
Theodore RooseveltHunting the Grisly and Other Sketches An Account of the Big Game of the United States and its Chase with Horse, Hound, and RifleProject Gutenberg ebook #3337
More book examples (3)
We one day went to Beaconsfield to view a house, and had a fly from Slough, a drive of several miles.
Miss CoultonOur Farm of Four Acres and the Money We Made by ItProject Gutenberg ebook #11555
In malignant oedema the swelling pits on pressure, and if the wound is open, the surface becomes soft and may slough.
Robert Alexander CraigCommon Diseases of Farm AnimalsProject Gutenberg ebook #8502
In a similar manner the lymphatic, venous and glandular structures which constitute the absorbent vessels of the intestines atrophy and slough away.
Henry LindlahrNature Cure: Philosophy & Practice Based on the Unity of Disease & CureProject Gutenberg ebook #4273