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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slough \Slough\, obs.
     imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slugh, slouh; cf. MHG. sl?ch the skin
     of a serpent, G. schlauch a skin, a leather bag or bottle.]
     1. The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of
        some similar animal.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Med.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead
        part which separates from the living tissue in
        mortification.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slough \Slough\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sloughed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Sloughing.] (Med.)
     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.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slough \Slough\, v. t.
     To cast off; to discard as refuse.
     [1913 Webster]
  
           New tint the plumage of the birds,
           And slough decay from grazing herds.     --Emerson.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slough \Slough\, a.
     Slow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. sl[=o]h a hollow
     place; cf. MHG. sl[=u]ch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to
     swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug
     to swallow. Gr. ????? to hiccough, to sob.]
     1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
        --Chaucer.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He's here stuck in a slough.          --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. [Pronounced sl[=oo].] A wet place; a swale; a side channel
        or inlet from a river.
  
     Note: [In this sense local or provincial; also spelt sloo,
           and slue.]
           [1913 Webster]
  
     Slough grass (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for
        grasses of the genus Muhlenbergia; -- called also drop
        seed, and nimble Will.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Slough \Slough\, obs.
     imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slugh, slouh; cf. MHG. sl?ch the skin
     of a serpent, G. schlauch a skin, a leather bag or bottle.]
     1. The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of
        some similar animal.
  
     2. (Med.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead
        part which separates from the living tissue in
        mortification.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Slough \Slough\, a.
     Slow. [Obs.] --Chaucer.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Slough \Slough\, n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. sl[=o]h a hollow
     place; cf. MHG. sl[=u]ch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to
     swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug
     to swallow. Gr. ????? to hiccough, to sob.]
     1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
        --Chaucer.
  
              He's here stuck in a slough.          --Milton.
  
     2. [Pronounced sl[=oo].] A wet place; a swale; a side channel
        or inlet from a river.
  
     Note: [In this sense local or provincial; also spelt sloo,
           and slue.]
  
     Slough grass (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for
        grasses of the genus Muhlenbergia; -- called also drop
        seed, and nimble Will.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Slough \Slough\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sloughed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Sloughing.] (Med.)
     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.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Slough \Slough\, v. t.
     To cast off; to discard as refuse.
  
           New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay
           from grazing herds.                      --Emerson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  slough
       n 1: necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
            [syn: gangrene, sphacelus]
       2: a hollow filled with mud
       3: a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
       4: any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the
          cast-off skin of a snake)
       v : cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every
           Spring" [syn: shed, molt, exuviate, moult]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  slough
     Αγγλικά n.
     βάλτος

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  slough
     alt.
     1 The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
     2 Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
     n.
     1 The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
     2 Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To shed (skin).
     2 (lb en intransitive) To slide off (like a layer of skin).
     n.
     1 (senseid en marsh)(lb en British) A muddy or marshy area.
     2 (lb en Eastern United States) A type of swamp or shallow lake
  system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway,
  similar to a bayou with trees.
     3 (lb en Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta,
  usually flushed by the tide.
     4 A state of depression.
     5 (lb en Canadian Prairies) A small pond, often alkaline, many but
  not all formed by glacial potholes.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Slough
     n.
     1 (place en town in east co/Berkshire cc/England) (formerly
  Buckinghamshire), close to Heathrow Airport.
     2 {place|en|borough|and unitary authority ((w: Slough Borough
  Council)) in|co/Berkshire}.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  slough
     alt.
     1 The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
     2 Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
     n.
     1 The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
     2 Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To shed (skin).
     2 (lb en intransitive) To slide off (like a layer of skin).
     n.
     1 (senseid en marsh)(lb en British) A muddy or marshy area.
     2 (lb en Eastern United States) A type of swamp or shallow lake
  system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway,
  similar to a bayou with trees.
     3 (lb en Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta,
  usually flushed by the tide.
     4 A state of depression.
     5 (lb en Canadian Prairies) A small pond, often alkaline, many but
  not all formed by glacial potholes.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  Slough
     n.
     1 (place en town in east co/Berkshire cc/England) (formerly
  Buckinghamshire), close to Heathrow Airport.
     2 {place|en|borough|and unitary authority ((w: Slough Borough
  Council)) in|co/Berkshire}.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  slough
     alt.
     1 The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
     2 Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
     n.
     1 The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
     2 Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To shed (skin).
     2 (lb en intransitive) To slide off (like a layer of skin).
     n.
     1 (senseid en marsh)(lb en British) A muddy or marshy area.
     2 (lb en Eastern United States) A type of swamp or shallow lake
  system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway,
  similar to a bayou with trees.
     3 (lb en Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta,
  usually flushed by the tide.
     4 A state of depression.
     5 (lb en Canadian Prairies) A small pond, often alkaline, many but
  not all formed by glacial potholes.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Slough
     n.
     1 (place en town in east co/Berkshire cc/England) (formerly
  Buckinghamshire), close to Heathrow Airport.
     2 {place|en|borough|and unitary authority ((w: Slough Borough
  Council)) in|co/Berkshire}.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  slough
     alt.
     1 The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
     2 Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
     n.
     1 The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
     2 Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To shed (skin).
     2 (lb en intransitive) To slide off (like a layer of skin).
     n.
     1 (senseid en marsh)(lb en British) A muddy or marshy area.
     2 (lb en Eastern United States) A type of swamp or shallow lake
  system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway,
  similar to a bayou with trees.
     3 (lb en Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta,
  usually flushed by the tide.
     4 A state of depression.
     5 (lb en Canadian Prairies) A small pond, often alkaline, many but
  not all formed by glacial potholes.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Slough
     n.
     1 (place en town in east co/Berkshire cc/England) (formerly
  Buckinghamshire), close to Heathrow Airport.
     2 {place|en|borough|and unitary authority ((w: Slough Borough
  Council)) in|co/Berkshire}.

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Slough /slˈaʊ/
  المستنقع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  slough //slaʊ// //sluː// 
  1. мочурище, тресавище
  muddy or marshy area
  2. ръкав
  secondary channel of a river delta
  3. униние
  state of depression
  4. блато
  type of swamp or shallow lake system

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  slough //slʌf// 
  струпей
  dead skin on a sore or ulcer

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  slough //slʌf// 
  1. чистя
  card games: to discard
  2. лющя се
  of skin, to be shed
  3. лющя
  to shed (skin)

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  slough /slˈaʊ/ 
  odlupovat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]


  slough /slˈaʊ/ 
  močál