Slough - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|slʌf|
Brit.
|slaʊ|
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)
- 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
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
I/you/we/they: slough
he/she/it: sloughs
present participle: sloughing
past tense: sloughed
past participle: sloughed
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