Slough

[slaʊ] or [slʌf]

Definition

(noun.) any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake).

(noun.) a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou).

(noun.) a hollow filled with mud.

Checker: Rosalind--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Slow.

(n.) A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.

(n.) A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.

(-) imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

(n.) The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.

(n.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.

(v. i.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.

(v. t.) To cast off; to discard as refuse.

Edited by Emily

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Quagmire, morass, bog, fen.

n. Crust, scab, ESCHAR.

Typist: Loretta

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Mire, difficulty, despond

ANT:Footing, standpoint

Checker: Susie

Definition

n. a hollow filled with mud: a soft bog or marsh.—adj. Slough′y full of sloughs: miry.

n. the cast-off skin of a serpent: the dead part which separates from a sore.—v.i. to come away as a slough (with off): to be in the state of sloughing.—v.t. to cast off as a slough.—adj. Slough′y like or containing slough.

Edited by Jonathan