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slough 1 S0471800 (slo͞o, slou) also slew (slo͞o)n.1. A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire.2. also slue A swamp, marsh, bog, or pond, especially as part of a bayou, inlet, or backwater.3. A state of deep despair or moral degradation.
[Middle English, from Old English slōh.]
slough′y adj.
slough 2 S0482100 (slŭf)n.1. The dead outer skin shed by a reptile or amphibian.2. Medicine A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, sore, or inflammation.3. An outer layer or covering that is shed or removed.v. sloughed, slough·ing, sloughs v.intr.1. To be cast off or shed; come off: "smooth fallen branches from which all bark has sloughed" (David M. Carroll).2. To shed a slough: every time that a snake sloughs.3. Medicine To separate from surrounding living tissue. Used of dead tissue.v.tr.1. To cast off or shed (skin or a covering): came inside and sloughed off his coat.2. To discard or disregard as undesirable or unfavorable: sloughed off her misgivings.Phrasal Verb: slough off Slang To work less intensely than is required or expected.
[Middle English slughe; akin to Middle High German slūch, sluoch , sloughed off snake skin (Modern German Schlauch, hose, tire tube).]
Slough S0482200 (slou) A borough of southeast England, a residential and industrial suburb of London.Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  sloughing - the process whereby something is shedsheddingabscission - shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plantecdysis, molt, molting, moult, moulting - periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptilesbiological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms |
IdiomsSeesloughsloughingenUK
sloughing[′sləf·iŋ] (mining engineering) caving sloughingWhen freshly gunned shotcrete is applied to a vertical surface, the slipping down of the material from the place where it was applied, usually because of the excessive use of mixing water.sloughingenUK
sloughingS10-867100 (slŭf′ĭng) The formation of a slough; separation of dead from living tissue.sloughingenUK
Synonyms for sloughingnoun the process whereby something is shedSynonymsRelated Words- abscission
- ecdysis
- molt
- molting
- moult
- moulting
- biological process
- organic process
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