sloughiness
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.
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verb (used with object)
Verb phrases 9.
to dispose or get rid of; cast (often followed by off ): to slough off a bad habit.
10.
to shed as or like a slough.
11.
Cards. to discard (cards).
12.
slough over, to treat as slight or trivial: to slough over a friend's mistake.
Also, sluff.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English slughe, slouh skin of a snake; cognate with German Schlauch skin, bag
1250–1300; Middle English slughe, slouh skin of a snake; cognate with German Schlauch skin, bag
Related forms
slough·i·ness, noun
slough·y, adjective
un·sloughed, adjective
un·slough·ing, adjective
Synonyms
6. molt.
6. molt.
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slough1 (slaʊ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a hollow filled with mud; bog |
| 2. | (US), (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] | |
| 'sloughy1 | |
| —adj | |
| slough2 (slʌf) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | 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 Also: sluff a discarded card |
| —vb | |
| 3. | ( |
| 4. | 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] | |
| 'sloughy2 | |
| —adj | |
| Slough (slaʊ) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | an industrial town in SE central England, in Slough unitary authority, Berkshire; food products, high-tech industries. Pop: 126 276 (2001) |
| 2. | 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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Word Origin & History
slough
"muddy place," O.E. sloh "soft, muddy ground," of uncertain origin, perhaps from P.Gmc. *slokhaz. Figurative use, e.g. of moral sunkenness or Bunyan's "Slough of Despond," attested from mid-13c.
slough
"to cast off" (as the skin of a snake or other animal), 1720, originally of diseased tissue, from M.E. noun slughe, slouh "shed skin of a snake" (c.1300), probably related to O.S. sluk "skin of a snake," M.H.G. sluch "snakeskin, wineskin," M.L.G. slu "husk, peel, skin," Ger. Schlauch "wineskin;" from
P.Gmc. *sluk-, of uncertain origin, perhaps from PIE base *sleug- "to glide."
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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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Science Dictionary
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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Slang Dictionary
sluff (off) definitionand slough (off)
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