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Slough
(slou) A borough of southeast England, a residential and industrial suburb of London.
slough 1
(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
(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.
Phrasal Verb: 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.
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).]
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slough
(slaʊ)n
1. (Physical Geography) a hollow filled with mud; bog
2. (Physical Geography)
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]
ˈsloughy adj
slough
(slʌf)n
1. (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. (Bridge) bridge Also: sluff a discarded card
vb
3. (Biology) (often foll by off) to shed (a skin, etc) or (of a skin, etc) to be shed
4. (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)n
1. (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)
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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.
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.
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slough
(slŭf)Noun
The dead outer skin shed by a reptile or an amphibian.
Verb
To shed an outer layer of skin.
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slough
Past participle: sloughed
Gerund: sloughing
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| Noun | 1. | slough - necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass 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 phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, 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 | |
| 3. | slough - a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou) | |
| 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"desquamate, peel off - peel off in scales; "dry skin desquamates" |
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Translations
ham
luodamasennusrämesuo
slough
1 [slʌf]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
slough
2 [slaʊ] N (= swamp) → fangal m, cenagal m (fig) → abismo mthe slough of despond → el abatimiento más profundo, el abismo de la desesperación
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slough
[ˈslʌf] vtto slough its skin (= shed) [snake] → muer
slough off
vt sep (= get rid of) → se débarrasser deCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
slough
1n (liter) → Morast m; (= swamp also) → Sumpf m (also fig liter); to sink into the Slough of Despond (liter) → in tiefe Verzweiflung stürzen (liter)
slough
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slough
n. esfacelo, masa de tejido muerto que se ha desprendido de un tejido vivo.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
slough
vi (también to — off) desprenderse, caerseEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.