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slough

1  [slou for 1, 2, 4; sloo for 3]
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–noun
1. an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region.
2. a hole full of mire, as in a road.
3. Also, slew, slue. Northern U.S. and Canadian. a marshy or reedy pool, pond, inlet, backwater, or the like.
4. a condition of degradation, despair, or helplessness.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME; OE slōh; c. MLG slōch, MHG sluoche ditch
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slough

2  [sluhf]
–noun
1. the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
2. Pathology. a mass or layer of dead tissue separated from the surrounding or underlying tissue.
3. anything that is shed or cast off.
4. Cards. a discard.
–verb (used without object)
5. to be or become shed or cast off, as the slough of a snake.
6. to cast off a slough.
7. Pathology. to separate from the sound flesh, as a slough.
8. Cards. to discard a card or cards.
–verb (used with object)
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. Cards. to discard (cards).
—Verb phrase
12. slough over, to treat as slight or trivial: to slough over a friend's mistake.
Also, sluff.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME slughe, slouh skin of a snake; c. G Schlauch skin, bag

Related forms:
slough⋅i⋅ness, noun
sloughy, adjective

Synonyms:
6. molt.
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slough 1   (slōō, slou)   
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.]
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.

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.]
Slough   (slou)   
A borough of southeast England, a residential and industrial suburb of London. Population: 126,000.
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 1slough
Pronunciation: 'sl&f
Function: noun
: dead tissue separating from living tissue; especially : a mass ofdead tissue separating from an ulcer

Main Entry: 2slough
Function: intransitive verb
: to separate in the form of dead tissue from living tissue sloughing> sloughtransitive senses
: to cast off <slough dead tissue> sloughed>
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Medical Dictionary

slough (slŭf)
n.
A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, a sore, or an inflammation. v. sloughed, slough·ing, sloughs
To separate from surrounding living tissue. Used of dead tissue.

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slough   (slŭf)  Pronunciation Key 
Noun   The dead outer skin shed by a reptile or an amphibian.

Verb   To shed an outer layer of skin.
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