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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)
Verb
slough (third-person singular simple present sloughs, present participle sloughing, simple past and past participle sloughed)
- (transitive) To shed (skin).
- (intransitive) To slide off (like a layer of skin).
- (transitive, card games) To discard.
- (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)
- (Britain) A muddy or marshy area.
- (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.
- (Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
- A state of depression.
- (Canadian Prairies) A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.
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