Definition of slough Slough

/slʌˈf/ - [sluf] - Slough

We found 25 definitions of slough from 5 different sources.

What does slough mean?

Noun Plural: sloughs
slough - any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)
		natural covering, covering, cover the act of protecting something by covering it
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
slough - a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
slough - necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
		gangrene, sphacelus
		pathology the branch of medical science that studies the causes and nature and effects of diseases
		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

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slough (Noun)
The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
slough (Noun)
Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
slough (Noun)
A muddy or marshy area.
slough (Noun)
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.
slough (Noun)
A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
slough (Noun)
A state of depression.
slough (Noun)
A small pond, often alkaine, many but not all are formed by glacial potholes.
slough (Verb)
To shed skin.
slough (Verb)
To slide off like a layer of skin.
slough (Verb)
To discard.

slough (a.)
Slow.
slough (n.)
A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
slough (n.)
A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
slough
imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
slough (n.)
The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
slough (n.)
The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
slough (v. i.)
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.
slough (v. t.)
To cast off; to discard as refuse.

slough
slow, n. a hollow filled with mud: a soft bog or marsh.—adj. Slough′y, full of sloughs: miry. [A.S. slóh, a hollow place; perh. from Ir. sloc—slugaim, to swallow up.]
slough
sluf, n. the cast-off skin of a serpent: the dead part which separates from a sore.—v.i. to come away as a slough (with off): to be in the state of sloughing.—v.t. to cast off, as a slough.—adj. Slough′y, like, or containing, slough. [Scand.; Sw. dial. slug; cf. Ger. slauch, a skin.]