ALL meanings of slough
slough
S s - noun slough the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically. 1
- noun slough Pathology. a mass or layer of dead tissue separated from the surrounding or underlying tissue. 1
- noun slough anything that is shed or cast off. 1
- noun slough Cards. a discard. 1
- verb without object slough to be or become shed or cast off, as the slough of a snake. 1
- verb without object slough to cast off a slough. 1
- verb without object slough Pathology. to separate from the sound flesh, as a slough. 1
- verb without object slough Cards. to discard a card or cards. 1
- verb with object slough to dispose or get rid of; cast (often followed by off): to slough off a bad habit. 1
- verb with object slough to shed as or like a slough. 1
- verb with object slough Cards. to discard (cards). 1
- transitive verb slough shed, cast off 1
- noun slough muddy hollow 1
- noun slough marshy water 1
- noun slough reptile: cast-off skin 1
- verb slough When a plant sloughs its leaves, or an animal such as a snake sloughs its skin, the leaves or skin come off naturally. 0
- verb slough Slough off means the same as slough. 0
- noun slough a hollow filled with mud; bog 0
- noun slough (in the prairies) a large hole where water collects or the water in such a hole 0
- noun slough (in the northwest) a sluggish side channel of a river 0
- noun slough (on the Pacific coast) a marshy saltwater inlet 0
- noun slough despair or degradation 0
- noun slough any outer covering that is shed, such as the dead outer layer of the skin of a snake, the cellular debris in a wound, etc 0
- noun slough a discarded card 0
- verb slough to shed (a skin, etc) or (of a skin, etc) to be shed 0
- verb slough to discard (a card or cards) 0
- noun slough an industrial town in SE central England, in Slough unitary authority, Berkshire; food products, high-tech industries. Pop: 126 276 (2001) 0
- noun slough a unitary authority in SE central England, in Berkshire. Pop: 118 800 (2003 est). Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles) 0
- noun slough the skin of a snake, esp. the outer layer that is periodically cast off 0
- noun slough any castoff layer, covering, etc. 0
- noun slough a mass of dead tissue in, or separating from, living tissue or an ulceration 0
- intransitive verb slough to be shed, cast off, or discarded; come off 0
- intransitive verb slough to drop off; become fewer or less 0
- intransitive verb slough to shed skin or other covering 0
- intransitive verb slough to separate from the surrounding tissue 0
- verb transitive slough to shed or throw (off) as or like slough; get rid of 0
- verb transitive slough to get rid of (a card); discard 0
- noun slough a place, as a hollow, full of soft, deep mud 0
- noun slough deep, hopeless dejection or discouragement 0
- noun slough moral degradation 0
- noun slough a swamp, bog, or marsh, esp. one that is part of an inlet or backwater 0