Slough Definition

slo͝o, slou
sloughed, sloughing, sloughs
noun
sloughs
A place, as a hollow, full of soft, deep mud.
Webster's New World
The skin of a snake, esp. the outer layer that is periodically cast off.
Webster's New World
Any castoff layer, covering, etc.
Webster's New World
A mass of dead tissue in, or separating from, living tissue or an ulceration.
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A swamp, bog, or marsh, esp. one that is part of an inlet or backwater.
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verb
sloughed, sloughing, sloughs
To be shed, cast off, or discarded; come off.
Webster's New World
To shed or throw off (slough); get rid of.
Webster's New World
To drop off; become fewer or less.
Webster's New World
To get rid of (a card); discard.
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To separate from the surrounding tissue.
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pronoun

A town in east Berkshire, and formerly in Buckinghamshire, close to Heathrow Airport.

Wiktionary
idiom
slough over
  • to gloss over; minimize
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Slough

Noun

Singular:
slough
Plural:
sloughs

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Slough

  • slough over

Origin of Slough

  • Middle English slughe akin to Middle High German slūch, sluoch sloughed off snake skin (Modern German Schlauch hose, tire tube)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle English, akin to Middle High German slûch (“slough") (whence German Schlauch (“tube, hose")).

    From Wiktionary

  • From Old English slōh, probably from Proto-Germanic *slōhaz.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old English slōh

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Slough Sentence Examples

  • Many of them fell into the slough of pauperism, and were saved from starvation by public doles.

  • I am surprised you do not want to lift yourself out of this slough of religious ignorance and whimsy.

  • This will slough off over 7-10 days. The outer layer will then have healed sufficiently to make a healthy anastomosis.

  • Last month the Internet booksellers Amazon decided to relocate their European customer service operation from Slough to Ireland.

  • Under normal conditions, the cells in the intestinal tract lining slough off very rapidly.

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