Slough

Slough  (slou)

A borough of southeast England, a residential and industrial suburb of London. Population: 126,000.

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slough ¹  (sl, slou) also slew (sl)

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.

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[Middle English, from Old English slh.]

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sloughy adj.

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slough ²  (slf)

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.

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[Middle English slughe.]

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Slough [slaʊ]

n

1. (Placename) an industrial town in SE central England, in Slough unitary authority, Berkshire; food products, high-tech industries. Pop.: 118 008 (1998 est.)

2. (Placename) a unitary authority in SE central England, in Berkshire. Pop.: 119 070 (2001). Area: 28 sq. km (11 sq. miles)

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slough¹

n

1. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a hollow filled with mud; bog

2. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) US and Canadian

a.  (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

3. despair or degradation

[Old English slōh; related to Middle High German sluoche ditch, Swedish slaga swamp]

sloughy  adj

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slough²

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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, etc.

2. (Group Games / Bridge) Also sluff Bridge a discarded card

vb

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Biology) (often foll by off) to shed (a skin, etc.) or (of a skin, etc.) to be shed

2. (Group Games / Bridge) Also sluff Bridge to discard (a card or cards)

[of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German slū husk, German Schlauch hose, Norwegian slō fleshy part of a horn]

sloughy  adj

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slough  (slf)

Noun

The dead outer skin shed by a reptile or an amphibian.

Verb

To shed an outer layer of skin.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	slough - necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass gangrene, sphacelus pathology - any deviation from a healthy or normal condition cold 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 color clostridial 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 mud bog, 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, shed desquamate, 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"

Translations

slough¹ [slʌf]

A. N

1. (Zool) → camisa f, piel f vieja(que muda la serpiente)

2. (Med) → escara f

B. VT → mudar, echar de sí (fig) → deshacerse de, desechar

C. VI → desprenderse, caerse

slough off

A. VT + ADV → mudar, echar de sí (fig) → deshacerse de, desechar

B. VI + ADV → desprenderse, caerse

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slough² [slaʊ] N (= swamp) → fangal m, cenagal m (fig) → abismo m
the slough of despond → el abatimiento más profundo, el abismo de la desesperación

slough [ˈslʌf] vt
to slough its skin (= shed) [snake] → muer

slough off

vt sep (= get rid of) → se débarrasser de

slough¹

n (liter) → Morast m; (= swamp also) → Sumpf m (also fig liter); to sink into the Slough of Despond (liter) → in tiefe Verzweiflung stürzen (liter)

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slough²

n (Zool) → abgestreifte Haut; (Med) → Schorf m

vt (snake) skin → abstreifen; it sloughs (off) its skin → sie häutet sich