All slough synonyms
slough
S s verb slough
- moult β (of birds, insects, reptiles, etc.) to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth.
- chuck β When you chuck something somewhere, you throw it there in a casual or careless way.
- hulled β retaining the hull during threshing; having a persistent enclosing hull: hulled wheat.
- interning β to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
- knock over β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- idled β not working or active; unemployed; doing nothing: idle workers.
- deep-six β To deep-six something means to get rid of it or destroy it.
- hulling β the hollow, lowermost portion of a ship, floating partially submerged and supporting the remainder of the ship.
- incarcerate β to imprison; confine.
- cast out β To cast out something or someone means to get rid of them because you do not like or need them, or do not want to take responsibility for them.
- junking β Present participle of junk.
- offload β Unload (a cargo).
- lock up β a device for securing a door, gate, lid, drawer, or the like in position when closed, consisting of a bolt or system of bolts propelled and withdrawn by a mechanism operated by a key, dial, etc.
- junked β Simple past tense and past participle of junk.
- diffused β Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
- breached β the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- molt β (of birds, insects, reptiles, etc.) to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth.
- forayed β a quick, sudden attack: The defenders made a foray outside the walls.
- loiter β to linger aimlessly or as if aimless in or about a place: to loiter around the bus terminal.
- breaching β the act or a result of breaking; break or rupture.
- in-tern β to restrict to or confine within prescribed limits, as prisoners of war, enemy aliens, or combat troops who take refuge in a neutral country.
- bastille β a fortress in Paris, built in the 14th century: a prison until its destruction in 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution
- blockaded β the isolating, closing off, or surrounding of a place, as a port, harbor, or city, by hostile ships or troops to prevent entrance or exit.
- foraying β a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
- husking β the dry external covering of certain fruits or seeds, especially of an ear of corn.
noun slough
- holm β Hanya [hahn-ye] /ΛhΙn yΙ/ (Show IPA), 1895?β1992, U.S. dancer, choreographer, and teacher; born in Germany.
- accoutrements β all the things you have with you when you travel or take part in a particular activity, such as clothing and equipment
- cutes β attractive, especially in a dainty way; pleasingly pretty: a cute child; a cute little apartment.
- lowland β land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- lowlands β land that is low or level, in comparison with the adjacent country.
- epidermis β The outer layer of cells covering an organism, in particular.
- cutis β the vertebrate skin, including both of its layers, the dermis and the epidermis
- firth β John Rupert, 1890β1960, English linguist.
- baggage β Your baggage consists of the bags that you take with you when you travel.
- lamina β a thin plate, scale, or layer.
- wetland β Often, wetlands. land that has a wet and spongy soil, as a marsh, swamp, or bog.
- marsh β Dame (Edith) Ngaio [nahy-oh] /ΛnaΙͺ oΚ/ (Show IPA), 1899β1982, New Zealand writer of detective novels.
- wetlands β Plural form of wetland An area or region that is characteristically saturated; a marsh.
- carapace β A carapace is the protective shell on the back of some animals such as tortoises or crabs.
- marshland β a region, area, or district characterized by marshes, swamps, bogs, or the like.
- gulf β a portion of an ocean or sea partly enclosed by land.
- quicksand β a bed of soft or loose sand saturated with water and having considerable depth, yielding under weight and therefore tending to suck down any object resting on its surface.
- muskeg β a bog of northern North America, commonly having sphagnum mosses, sedge, and sometimes stunted black spruce and tamarack trees.
- loch β a lake.
- derma β beef or fowl intestine used as a casing for certain dishes, esp kishke
- carry-on β of a size and shape suitable for being carried onto and stowed in the passenger compartment of an airplane: carry-on luggage.
- delta β A delta is an area of low, flat land shaped like a triangle, where a river splits and spreads out into several branches before entering the sea.
- dermas β beef or fowl intestine used as a casing in preparing certain savory dishes, especially kishke.
- quag β a quagmire.