Slough - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |slʌf|  American pronunciation of the word slough
Brit.  |slaʊ|  British pronunciation of the word slough

noun

- necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass (syn: gangrene)
- a hollow filled with mud
- a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
- any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

verb

- cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers (syn: exuviate, molt, moult, shed)

Extra examples

Every spring this snake sloughs off its old skin.

It's difficult to slough off old habits even when you want to.

Harry was in a slough of despondency for weeks.

Word forms

verb
I/you/we/they: slough
he/she/it: sloughs
present participle: sloughing
past tense: sloughed
past participle: sloughed
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