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slough
Slough S0482200 (slou) A borough of southeast England, a residential and industrial suburb of London.
slough 1 S0471800 (slo͞o, slou) also slew (slo͞o)n.1. A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire.2. also slue A swamp, marsh, bog, or pond, especially as part of a bayou, inlet, or backwater.3. A state of deep despair or moral degradation.
[Middle English, from Old English slōh.]
slough′y adj.
slough 2 S0482100 (slŭf)n.1. The dead outer skin shed by a reptile or amphibian.2. Medicine A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, sore, or inflammation.3. An outer layer or covering that is shed or removed.v. sloughed, slough·ing, sloughs v.intr.1. To be cast off or shed; come off: "smooth fallen branches from which all bark has sloughed" (David M. Carroll).2. To shed a slough: every time that a snake sloughs.3. Medicine To separate from surrounding living tissue. Used of dead tissue.v.tr.1. To cast off or shed (skin or a covering): came inside and sloughed off his coat.2. To discard or disregard as undesirable or unfavorable: sloughed off her misgivings.Phrasal Verb: slough off Slang To work less intensely than is required or expected.
[Middle English slughe; akin to Middle High German slūch, sluoch , sloughed off snake skin (Modern German Schlauch, hose, tire tube).]slough (slaʊ) n1. (Physical Geography) a hollow filled with mud; bog2. (Physical Geography) a. (in the prairies) a large hole where water collects or the water in such a holeb. (in the northwest) a sluggish side channel of a riverc. (on the Pacific coast) a marshy saltwater inlet3. despair or degradation[Old English slōh; related to Middle High German sluoche ditch, Swedish slaga swamp] ˈsloughy adj
slough (slʌf) n1. (Biology) any outer covering that is shed, such as the dead outer layer of the skin of a snake, the cellular debris in a wound, etc2. (Bridge) bridge Also: sluff a discarded cardvb3. (Biology) (often foll by off) to shed (a skin, etc) or (of a skin, etc) to be shed4. (Bridge) bridge Also: sluff to discard (a card or cards)[C13: of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German slū husk, German Schlauch hose, Norwegian slō fleshy part of a horn] ˈsloughy adj
Slough (slaʊ) n1. (Placename) an industrial town in SE central England, in Slough unitary authority, Berkshire; food products, high-tech industries. Pop: 126 276 (2001)2. (Placename) a unitary authority in SE central England, in Berkshire. Pop: 118 800 (2003 est). Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles)slough1 (slaʊ for 1,2,4; slu for 3 )
n. 1. an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region. 2. a hole full of mire, as in a road. 3. Also, slew, slue. a marshy pool, inlet, backwater, or the like. 4. a condition of degradation or despair. [before 900; Middle English; Old English slōh, c. Middle Low German slōch, Middle High German sluoche ditch] slough2 (slʌf)
n. 1. the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically. 2. a mass or layer of dead tissue separated from the surrounding or underlying tissue. 3. anything that is shed or cast off. 4. a discarded card. v.i. 5. to be shed or cast off, as the slough of a snake. 6. to cast off a slough. 7. to separate from the sound flesh, as a slough. 8. to discard a card or cards. v.t. 9. to dispose or get rid of; cast (often fol. by off): to slough off a bad habit. 10. to shed as or like a slough. 11. to discard (a card). 12. slough over, to treat as inconsequential. [1250–1300; Middle English slughe, slouh skin of a snake, akin to Middle Low German slū, slō husk, shell, Middle High German slūch] slough′i•ness, n. slough′y, adj. slough (slŭf)Noun The dead outer skin shed by a reptile or an amphibian.Verb To shed an outer layer of skin.slough
Past participle: sloughed
Gerund: sloughing
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| I slough | | you slough | | he/she/it sloughs | | we slough | | you slough | | they slough |
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| I sloughed | | you sloughed | | he/she/it sloughed | | we sloughed | | you sloughed | | they sloughed |
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| I am sloughing | | you are sloughing | | he/she/it is sloughing | | we are sloughing | | you are sloughing | | they are sloughing |
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| I have sloughed | | you have sloughed | | he/she/it has sloughed | | we have sloughed | | you have sloughed | | they have sloughed |
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| I was sloughing | | you were sloughing | | he/she/it was sloughing | | we were sloughing | | you were sloughing | | they were sloughing |
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| I had sloughed | | you had sloughed | | he/she/it had sloughed | | we had sloughed | | you had sloughed | | they had sloughed |
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| I will slough | | you will slough | | he/she/it will slough | | we will slough | | you will slough | | they will slough |
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| I will have sloughed | | you will have sloughed | | he/she/it will have sloughed | | we will have sloughed | | you will have sloughed | | they will have sloughed |
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| I will be sloughing | | you will be sloughing | | he/she/it will be sloughing | | we will be sloughing | | you will be sloughing | | they will be sloughing |
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| I have been sloughing | | you have been sloughing | | he/she/it has been sloughing | | we have been sloughing | | you have been sloughing | | they have been sloughing |
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| I will have been sloughing | | you will have been sloughing | | he/she/it will have been sloughing | | we will have been sloughing | | you will have been sloughing | | they will have been sloughing |
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| I had been sloughing | | you had been sloughing | | he/she/it had been sloughing | | we had been sloughing | | you had been sloughing | | they had been sloughing |
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| I would slough | | you would slough | | he/she/it would slough | | we would slough | | you would slough | | they would slough |
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| I would have sloughed | | you would have sloughed | | he/she/it would have sloughed | | we would have sloughed | | you would have sloughed | | they would have sloughed |
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | slough - necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or massgangrene, sphaceluspathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal conditioncold gangrene, dry gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification - (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown colorclostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas gangrene, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis - (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death; can be used as a bioweapon | | 2. | slough - a hollow filled with mudbog, peat bog - wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation; has poorer drainage than a swamp; soil is unfit for cultivation but can be cut and dried and used for fuel | | 3. | slough - a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)swamp, swampland - low land that is seasonally flooded; has more woody plants than a marsh and better drainage than a bog | | 4. | slough - any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)covering, natural covering, cover - a natural object that covers or envelops; "under a covering of dust"; "the fox was flushed from its cover" | | Verb | 1. |  slough - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring"exuviate, molt, moult, sheddesquamate, peel off - peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates"cast off, shed, throw off, throw away, shake off, throw, cast, drop - get rid of; "he shed his image as a pushy boss"; "shed your clothes" |
slough 1nounA usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water:bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, swamp, swampland, wetland.
slough 2verbTo cast off by a natural process:exuviate, molt, shed, throw off.Translationsslough
slough of despondA state of severe depression. The phrase originated in John Bunyan's 17th-century novel A Pilgrim's Progress. I started going to therapy once I felt myself slipping into the slough of despond.See also: of, sloughslough off1. Literally, to shed, peel, or scrape off an outer layer of something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "slough" and "off." It can be pretty gross to watch a snake slough off its skin, leaving behind a weird, hollow version of itself.2. To dismiss, ignore, or minimize the importance of someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "slough" and "off." He kept heckling me during the show, but I sloughed him off and kept performing. The senator just sloughed off the journalist's comments, describing them later as "baseless" and "incendiary."3. To procrastinate or avoid doing work. In this usage, the phrase is sometimes followed by a noun indicating the thing being avoided. If you keep sloughing off, we'll be forced to give you a formal warning. I decided to slough off my essay for the weekend and hang out with my friends instead.4. To delegate or assign one's own work or duties to someone else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "slough" and "off," and the phrase is typically followed by "to/onto (someone)." More and more administrative duties are being sloughed off onto teachers, without being reflected in their pay. He's been sloughing smaller projects off to his assistants.5. To escape or depart for some location quietly or in secret. In this usage, the phrase is sometimes followed by "to/into (some place)." I felt really uncomfortable in the group of strangers, so I sloughed off when everyone was distracted. We decided to skip the meeting and sloughed off to the movies instead.See also: off, sloughslewedslang Very drunk. We had nearly four bottles of wine at lunch, so we were all pretty good and slewed by the end of the meal. You were supposed to be getting things ready for our presentation tomorrow, but instead you spent the whole night getting slewed with your ex-boyfriend!See also: slewsluff off1. Literally, to shed, peel, or scrape off an outer layer of something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "sluff" and "off." A less common variant of "slough off." It can be pretty gross to watch a snake sluff off its skin, leaving behind a weird, hollow version of itself.2. To dismiss, ignore, or minimize the importance of someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "sluff" and "off." A less common variant of "slough off." He kept heckling me during the show, but I sluffed him off and kept performing. The senator just sluffed off the journalist's comments, describing them later as "baseless" and "incendiary."3. To procrastinate or avoid doing work. In this usage, the phrase is sometimes followed by a noun indicating the thing being avoided. A less common variant of "slough off." If you keep sluffing off, we'll be forced to give you a formal warning. I decided to sluff off my essay for the weekend and hang out with my friends instead.See also: off, sluffslough something off 1. Lit. to brush or rub something off. The snake sloughed its old skin off. It sloughed off its skin. 2. Fig. to ignore or disregard a negative remark or incident. I could see that the remark had hurt her feelings, but she just pretended to slough it off. Liz sloughed off the remark.See also: off, sloughslough offv.1. To shed or peel off some outer layer, especially by rubbing or scraping: We need to slough the paint off the pipes before we install them. The snake sloughed off its skin against a rock.2. To shed or peel off, as an outer layer: My skin is sloughing off because of the dryness.3. To avoid some work or to work lazily: Your grades are bad because you've been sloughing off your homework a lot recently. After lunch, he sloughed off and played video games.4. To leave unnoticed; slip away: The kids sloughed off into the woods.See also: off, sloughslewed and slewy and slued and sloughed (up) (slud and ˈslui and slud...) mod. alcohol intoxicated. Wallace is too slewed to drive. See also: slewsloughed up verbSee slewedSee also: slough, upsloughed verbSee slewedSee also: sloughsluff (off) and slough (off) in. to waste time; to goof off. Watch him. He will sluff off if you don’t keep after him. See also: off, sluffslough off verbSee sluff offSee also: off, sloughslough verbSee sluff offSlough
Slough (slou), borough and unitary authority (1991 pop. 106,341), central England. After World War I, residential Slough and its outlying area underwent rapid industrial development, owing in part to its proximity to London. Slough was the home of the astronomer William HerschelHerschel
, family of distinguished English astronomers. Sir William Herschel
Sir William Herschel, 1738–1822, born Friedrich Wilhelm Herschel, was a great pioneer in astronomy.
..... Click the link for more information. .Slough a city in Great Britain, in the industrial zone outside Greater London. Located on the London-Bristol railroad line. Population, 101,800(1974). Slough has electronics, automobile, chemical, machine-building, and electrical-engineering industries. slough[slau̇] (engineering) The fragments of rocky material from the wall of a borehole. Also known as cavings. (hydrology) A minor marshland or tidal waterway which usually connects other tidal areas; often more or less equivalent to a bayou. (medicine) A necrotic mass of tissue in, or separating from, healthy tissue. slough11. a hollow filled with mud; bog 2. US and Canadiana. (in the prairies) a large hole where water collects or the water in such a hole b. (in the northwest) a sluggish side channel of a river c. (on the Pacific coast) a marshy saltwater inlet
slough21. 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. 2. Bridge a discarded card
Slough1. an industrial town in SE central England, in Slough unitary authority, Berkshire; food products, high-tech industries. Pop.: 126 276 (2001) 2. a unitary authority in SE central England, in Berkshire. Pop.: 118 800 (2003 est.). Area: 28 sq. km (11 sq. miles) slough
slough [sluf] 1. a mass of dead tissue in, or cast out from, living tissue; see also gangrene.2. to shed or cast off.slough (slŭf), 1. Necrotic tissue separated from the living structure. 2. To separate from the living tissue, said of a dead or necrotic part. [M.E. slughe] slough (slŭf)n.1. Medicine A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, sore, or inflammation.2. An outer layer or covering that is shed or removed.v. sloughed, sloughing, sloughs v.intr. Medicine To separate from surrounding living tissue. Used of dead tissue.slough pronounced SLUFF
Medical humour
noun A deprecating term for a patient that a doctor, ward or hospital tries to pass off on another doctor, ward or hospital without appropriate indications.
Wound care
noun Dead skin or tissue that has fallen off of decubital ulcers or other parts of the patient’s body.
verb To shed or remove dead tissue.slough (slŭf) 1. Necrosed tissue separated from the living structure. 2. To separate from the living tissue; said of a dead or necrosed part. [M.E. slughe]slough 1. Dead tissue cast off or separated from its original site. 2. The casting off of dead tissue. slough (slŭf) 1. Necrosed tissue separated from the living structure. 2. To separate from the living tissue. [M.E. slughe]AcronymsSeeSLslough
Related to slough: slough offSynonyms for sloughnoun a usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing waterSynonyms- bog
- fen
- marsh
- marshland
- mire
- morass
- muskeg
- quag
- quagmire
- swamp
- swampland
- wetland
verb to cast off by a natural processSynonyms- exuviate
- molt
- shed
- throw off
Synonyms for sloughnoun necrotic tissueSynonymsRelated Words- pathology
- cold gangrene
- dry gangrene
- mumification necrosis
- mummification
- clostridial myonecrosis
- emphysematous gangrene
- emphysematous phlegmon
- gangrenous emphysema
- gas gangrene
- gas phlegmon
- progressive emphysematous necrosis
noun a hollow filled with mudRelated Wordsnoun a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)Related Wordsnoun any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)Related Words- covering
- natural covering
- cover
verb cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathersSynonymsRelated Words- desquamate
- peel off
- cast off
- shed
- throw off
- throw away
- shake off
- throw
- cast
- drop
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