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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024slough1 /slaʊ/USA pronunciation n. - [countable] an area of soft, muddy ground;
a swamp or swamplike region. - [uncountable] a condition of despair or humiliation.
slough2 /slʌf/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Pathologya layer of dead tissue that drops off the surrounding or underlying tissue.
v. - to (cause to) be shed or cast off, as the outer skin of a snake: [no object; (~ + off)]A snake's skin sloughs (off) every few months.[~ (+ off) + object]The snake sloughs (off) its skin.
- slough off, [~ + off + object] to dispose or get rid of:to slough off a bad habit.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024slough1 (slou for 1, 2, 4; slo̅o̅ for 3),USA pronunciation n. - an area of soft, muddy ground;
swamp or swamplike region. - a hole full of mire, as in a road.
- British Terms, Dialect TermsAlso, slew, slue. [Northern U.S.]and Canadian. a marshy or reedy pool, pond, inlet, backwater, or the like.
- a condition of degradation, despair, or helplessness.
- bef. 900; Middle English; Old English slōh; cognate with Middle Low German slōch, Middle High German sluoche ditch
- the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
- Pathologya mass or layer of dead tissue separated from the surrounding or underlying tissue.
- anything that is shed or cast off.
- Games[Cards.]a discard.
v.i. - to be or become shed or cast off, as the slough of a snake.
- to cast off a slough.
- Pathologyto separate from the sound flesh, as a slough.
- Games[Cards.]to discard a card or cards.
v.t. - to dispose or get rid of;
cast (often fol. by off):to slough off a bad habit. - to shed as or like a slough.
- Games[Cards.]to discard (cards).
- slough over, to treat as slight or trivial:to slough over a friend's mistake.
Also, sluff. - 1250–1300; Middle English slughe, slouh skin of a snake; cognate with German Schlauch skin, bag
- 6.See corresponding entry in Unabridged molt.
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