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slough

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noun (1)

ˈslü How to pronounce slough (audio)
ˈslau̇;
 in the US (except in New England)  is usual for sense 1 with those to whom the sense is familiar ˈslü;
 British usually  for both senses ˈslau̇
1
a
: a place of deep mud or mire
b or less commonly slew or slue
(1)
: swamp
(2)
: an inlet on a river
also : backwater
(3)
: a creek in a marsh or tide flat
2
: a state of moral degradation or spiritual dejection
sloughy
ˈslü-ē
ˈslau̇-ē How to pronounce slough (audio)
adjective

slough

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verb (1)

sloughed; sloughing; sloughs

transitive verb

: to engulf in a slough

intransitive verb

: to plod through or as if through mud : slog

slough

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noun (2)

variants or less commonly sluff
1
: the cast-off skin of a snake
2
: a mass of dead tissue separating from an ulcer
3
: something that may be shed or cast off

slough

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verb (2)

variants or less commonly sluff
sloughed also sluffed; sloughing also sluffing; sloughs also sluffs

intransitive verb

1
a
: to become shed or cast off
b
: to cast off one's skin
c
: to separate in the form of dead tissue from living tissue
2
: to crumble slowly and fall away

transitive verb

1
: to cast off
2
a
: to get rid of or discard as irksome, objectionable, or disadvantageous
usually used with off
b
: to dispose of (a losing card in bridge) by discarding
Choose the Right Synonym for slough

discard, cast, shed, slough, scrap, junk mean to get rid of.

discard implies the letting go or throwing away of something that has become useless or superfluous though often not intrinsically valueless.

discard old clothes

cast, especially when used with off, away, or out, implies a forceful rejection or repudiation.

cast off her friends

shed and slough imply a throwing off of something both useless and encumbering and often suggest a consequent renewal of vitality or luster.

shed a bad habit
finally sloughed off the depression

scrap and junk imply throwing away or breaking up as worthless in existent form.

scrap all the old ways
would junk our educational system

Word History

Etymology

Noun (1)

Middle English sloughe, slo, from Old English slōh; akin to Middle High German slouche ditch

Noun (2)

Middle English slughe; akin to Middle High German slūch snakeskin

First Known Use

Noun (1)

before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Verb (1)

1846, in the meaning defined at transitive sense

Noun (2)

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Verb (2)

1720, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a

Time Traveler
The first known use of slough was before the 12th century

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