slough
21slough — slough1 /slow/ for 1, 2, 4; /slooh/ for 3, n. 1. an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region. 2. a hole full of mire, as in a road. 3. Also, slew, slue. Northern U.S. and Canadian. a marshy or reedy pool, pond, inlet, backwater, or… …
22slough — I [[t]slaʊ[/t]] for 1,2,4; [[t]slu[/t]] for 3 n. 1) an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region 2) a hole full of mire, as in a road 3) brit. dial. Also, slew IV slue III a marshy pool, inlet, backwater, or the like. 4) a condition… …
23slough — I. /slaʊ / (say slow) noun 1. a piece of soft, muddy ground; a hole full of mire, as in a road; marsh; swamp. 2. a condition of degradation, embarrassment, or helplessness. 3. Prison Colloquial a cell. –phrase 4. slough of despond, a state of… …
24slough — slough1 [slʌf] v slough off [slough sth<=>off] phr v [Date: 1700 1800; Origin: slough dead skin of an animal (14 21 centuries), of unknown origin] 1.) technical to get rid of a dead layer of skin 2.) literary to get rid of something,… …
25slough — slough1 [ slʌf ] verb transitive slough or slough off TECHNICAL to remove an outer layer of skin ,slough off phrasal verb transitive 1. ) LITERARY to get rid of something you do not want 2. ) TECHNICAL same as SLOUGH: Snakes slough off their dead …
26slough — [[t]slʌ̱f[/t]] sloughs, sloughing, sloughed VERB When a plant sloughs its leaves, or an animal such as a snake sloughs its skin, the leaves or skin come off naturally. [V n] All reptiles have to slough their skin to grow... [V n] The lemon… …
27slough — I UK [slʌf] / US verb [transitive] Word forms slough : present tense I/you/we/they slough he/she/it sloughs present participle sloughing past tense sloughed past participle sloughed biology slough or slough off to remove an outer layer of skin… …
28slough — 1 verb slough sth off phrasal verb (T) 1 technical to get rid of a dead outer layer of skin 2 literary to get rid of a feeling, belief etc: He was unable to slough off the stigmatizing label of criminal. 2 noun 1 (C) an area of land covered in… …
29slough — 1. n. a swamp; a miry place; a quagmire. Phrases and idioms: Slough of Despond a state of hopeless depression (with ref. to Bunyan s Pilgrim s Progress). Derivatives: sloughy adj. Etymology: OE sloh, slo(g) 2. n. & v. n. 1 a part that an animal… …
30slough — 1. Necrosed tissue separated from the living structure. 2. To separate from the living tissue, said of a dead or necrosed part. [M.E. slughe] * * * slough sləf n dead tissue separating from living tissue esp a mass of dead tissue separating from… …
