Lexic.us

Definition of Slough

1. Verb. Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers. "Our dog sheds every Spring"

2. Noun. Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass.

3. Noun. A hollow filled with mud.

4. Noun. A stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou).

5. Noun. Any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake).

Definition of Slough

1. a. Slow.

2. n. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.

3. n. The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.

4. v. i. To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.

5. v. t. To cast off; to discard as refuse.

Definition of Slough

1. Proper noun. A town in west London, close to Heathrow Airport ¹

2. Noun. The skin shed by a snake or other reptile. ¹

3. Noun. Dead skin on a sore or ulcer. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To shed (skin). ¹

5. Noun. (British) A muddy or marshy area. ¹

6. Noun. (qualifier Eastern North America) 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. ¹

7. Noun. (qualifier Western North America) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide. ¹

8. Noun. A state of depression. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Slough

1. to cast off [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Slough

1. A wet place of deep mud or mire, a sluggish channel, a swamp, bog, or marsh, especially one that is part of an inlet or backwater. (19 Jan 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Slough

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slouchiness slouchinesses slouching slouchingly slouchy slough slough of despond sloughed sloughier sloughiest

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