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Definition slough

Etymology 1

From Middle English slogh, slugh, slouh. Akin to Middle Low German slô (“sheath, skin on a hoof”). Perhaps also related with Old Saxon sl?k (“snakeskin”), Middle High German sl?ch, whence German Schlauch (“waterskin, hose”).

Noun

slough (plural sloughs)

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

slough (third-person singular simple present sloughs, present participle sloughing, simple past and past participle sloughed)

  1. (transitive) To shed (skin).
  2. (intransitive) To slide off (like a layer of skin).
  3. (transitive, card games) To discard.
  4. (intransitive, slang, Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission.

Etymology 2

From Old English sl?h, probably from Proto-Germanic *sl?haz.

Noun

slough (plural sloughs)

  1. (Britain) A muddy or marshy area.
  2. (Eastern United States) 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. (Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
  4. A state of depression.
  5. (Canadian Prairies) A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.

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