slough

(slū, slou) also slew (slū)
n.

1. A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire.
2. also slue A stagnant 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.]

sloughy slough'y adj.

slough² (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.

v., sloughed, slough·ing, sloughs.

v.intr.

1. To be cast off or shed; come off: The snake's skin sloughs off.
2. To shed a slough.
3. Medicine. To separate from surrounding living tissue. Used of dead tissue.

v.tr.
To discard as undesirable or unfavorable; get rid of: slough off former associates.

[Middle English slughe.]

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The noun meaning 'bog or swamp' is pronounced to rhyme with now. The separate word (noun and verb) to do with an animal's skin is pronounced to rhyme with stuff. In American English, the first noun is often written slew and pronounced sloo.

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noun

A usually low-lying area of soft waterlogged ground and standing water: bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire, swamp, swampland, wetland. See dry/wet.

slough²

verb

To cast off by a natural process: exuviate, molt, shed, throw off. See put on/take off.

verb trans.
verb trans., dated

To lock up, imprison. (1848 — 1935).
J. Black They'll...haul us over to Martinez...an' slough us in the county jail (1926).

[From slough noun, soft muddy ground.]

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1. a mass of dead tissue in, or cast out from, living tissue.
2. to shed or cast off.

• anesthetic s. — the iatrogenic slough caused by the injection of a necrotizing anesthetic solution subcutaneously in mistake for an intravenous injection. The common sites are over the anterior aspect of the forearm in small animals and over the jugular furrow in large animals.
• epidermal s. — occurs in captive cetaceans when the salinity of the pool water is insufficient.

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• Hills, Hollows, and Valleys - slough: depression in swamp full of soft, deep mud
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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - sump, mudderpøl, morads

2.
v. intr. - skyde ham, skifte hud
v. tr. - kaste af, aflægge, løsne
n. - slangeham, dødt kød

idioms:

• slough off    aflægge, smyge af sig

Nederlands (Dutch)
modderpoel, inzinking, afwerpen, vervellen

Français (French)
1.
n. - bourbier, marécage

2.
v. intr. - (Zool) perdre (la peau), muer
v. tr. - se débarrasser de
n. - (fig) abîme

idioms:

• slough off    (Zool) perdre, se détacher, tomber, (fig) se débarrasser de

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Sumpf

2.
v. - abstreifen
n. - abgestreifte Haut, Schorf

idioms:

• slough off    abstreifen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - δέρμα φιδιού, παρατημένη συνήθεια, απορριπτόμενο ή αποβαλλόμενο επίστρωμα, (φυσιολ.) εσχάρα (κν. κακάδι, κάκαδο), βάλτος, τέλμα
v. - αποβάλλω/-ομαι, απορρίπτω/-ομαι, (στο μπριτζ κ.λπ.) ξεσκαρτάρω

idioms:

• slough off    αποβάλλω (κακή συνήθεια)

Italiano (Italian)
pozzanghera, immergere, sprofondare

idioms:

• slough off    liberarsi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - lamaçal (m), brejo (m), charco (m), jogar fora, despojo (m), degradação moral
v. - desprender-se, mudar (de pele), livrar-se, cair

idioms:

• slough off    jogar fora

Русский (Russian)
болото, грязный, непроезжий участок дороги, заводь, уныние, выползок (змеи), струп, забытая привычка, сброшенная карта, менять кожу, осыпаться, покрываться струпьями, сбрасывать карту

idioms:

• slough off    сходить (о коже), сбрасывать (кожу), бросать, отбрасывать, избавляться

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - lozadal, pantano

2.
v. intr. - cubrirse de costras, formar costra, desprenderse, caerse
v. tr. - mudar (piel), deshacerse de, echar de sí (una costra), roer, consumir formando costra
n. - piel que muda la serpiente, hábito o costumbre que se abandona, costra, éscara

idioms:

• slough off    caerse (la piel)

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - träsk, moras, dy, avgrund, lerpöl, sumpmark, stillastående vatten, ormskinn, sårskorpa, dödkött, tomt skal
v. - ömsa skinn, bilda skorpa (dödkött), kasta av, fälla, bryta

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 泥坑, 泥潭, 道德上的堕落, 绝境, 沼泽

idioms:

• slough off    抛弃, 丢弃

2. 蛇蜕下的皮, 坏死组织, 腐肉, 丢弃的事物, 腐痂, 脱落, 结痂脱落, 蜕皮, 蜕, 丢弃, 使脱落, 垫

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 泥坑, 泥潭, 道德上的墮落, 絕境, 沼澤

idioms:

• slough off    拋棄, 丟棄

2.
n. - 蛇蛻下的皮, 壞死組織, 腐肉, 丟棄的事物, 腐痂
v. intr. - 脫落, 結痂脫落, 蛻皮
v. tr. - 蛻, 丟棄, 使脫落, 墊

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 진창길, 수렁, 절망

2.
v. intr. - 벗어나다, 딱지가 앉다, 손에 든 패를 버리다
v. tr. - 탈피하다, (편견 따위를) 버리다
n. - (뱀의) 허물, (습관 등) 탈피한 것, 딱지

idioms:

• slough off    (다른 플레이에 가담하기 위하여) 가드를 그만두다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - ぬかるみ, 泥地, 泥沼状態, 絶望状態, 抜け殻, かさぶた

idioms:

• slough off    脱ぎ捨てる, 捨てる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) مستنقع, أرض موحله, حمأة, جلد ألافعى ألمنسلخ عنها (فعل) ينسلخ, ينفصل ألنسيج ألميت عن نسيج حي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮ביצה‬
v. intr. - ‮התמוטט או החליק לחור או לשקע (סלע וכו'), נשל (עור נחש)‬
v. tr. - ‮השיל (עור)‬
n. - ‮מצב ביש, עור (נחש) שהושל, ביצה‬

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