Slough - English meaning
Slough – definitions in English dictionary
nounA swamp.
Usage examples:
The main landscape feature is endless peat bog, surrounded by marsh, leading into morasses, sloughs…nounA situation characterized by lack of progress or activity.
Usage examples:
The economic slough of the interwar years
verbShed or remove (a layer of dead skin).
Usage examples:
A snake sloughs off its old skinverb(of soil or rock) collapse or slide into a hole or depression.
Usage examples:
An eternal rain of silt sloughs down from the edges of the continents
nounThe dropping off of dead tissue from living flesh.
Usage examples:
The drugs can cause blistering and slough
proper nounA town in south-eastern england to the west of london; population 119,400 (est. 2009).
verb(of some animals) to have a layer of skin come off
Usage examples:
Snakes slough their skin regularly., she seems unable to pull herself out of this deep slough of se…
Slough translation into English
Slough: translate from English into Chinese
Slough: translate from English into Dutch
Slough: translate from English into French
Slough: translate from English into German
Slough: translate from English into Hindi
Slough: translate from English into Italian
Slough: translate from English into Korean
Slough: translate from English into Russian
Slough: translate from English into Spanish
Word origin
Middle English (as a noun denoting a skin, especially the outer skin shed by a snake): perhaps related to Low German slu(we ) ‘husk, peel’. The verb dates from the early 18th century.
Study English words for free
Worder is a free project where you can save words, add translations and study English words.
In order to use our service, you need a free account. You can sign in or sign up an account right now. You can use it in our application afterward.
* The project is being actively developed right now. So, not all functions are available, but we update it regularly.
Slough – similar words
Slough synonims
My Worder
Please register or authorize in order to use all the features of our service.
Our statistic
🙏 Support our free project clicking on the ads below: