Slough - English meaning

Slough – definitions in English dictionary

noun
A swamp.
Usage examples:
The main landscape feature is endless peat bog, surrounded by marsh, leading into morasses, sloughs…
noun
A situation characterized by lack of progress or activity.
Usage examples:
The economic slough of the interwar years

verb
Shed or remove (a layer of dead skin).
Usage examples:
A snake sloughs off its old skin
Synonims:
Dispose of Discard Throw away Throw out Get rid of Toss out Shed Jettison Scrap Cast aside/off Repudiate Abandon Relinquish Drop Dispense with Have done with Reject Shrug off Throw on the scr
verb
(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

noun
The dropping off of dead tissue from living flesh.
Usage examples:
The drugs can cause blistering and slough

proper noun
A 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

泥沼, 腐肉, 沼泽, 沼泽地, 皽

Slough: translate from English into Dutch

Verdoving, Moeras, Modderpoel

Slough: translate from English into French

Bourbier, Marécage, Escarre, Se dépouiller, Mue, Dépouille, Perdre, Se débarrasser, Se défausser, Se démolir, Enlever

Slough: translate from English into German

Sumpf, Schorf, Abstreifen, Morast, Abgestreifte haut, Sich häuten

Slough: translate from English into Hindi

केंचुली, दलदल, कीचड़, आशाहीन अवस्था, खिन्नता, उदासी, चोइयाँ, घसाव, सांप की केंचुल

Slough: translate from English into Italian

Pantano, Mutare, Palude, Abbandonare, Mutare pelle

Slough: translate from English into Korean

허물, 진창, 수렁, 진흙, 버린 습관, 버린 편견, 썩은 살, 빠져 나오지 못할 곳, 벗다, 버리다, 수렁에 처넣다, 진창에 처넣다, ...에 가두어 넣다, 진창 속을 걷다, 수렁 속을 걷다, 허물벗다, 딱지가 앉다

Slough: translate from English into Russian

Болото, Шелушиться, Топь, Трясина, Сбрасывать, Сходить, Сбрасывать кожу, Отчаяние, Колдобина, Депрессия, Уныние, Струп, Сброшенная кожа, Забытая привычка

Slough: translate from English into Spanish

Mudar, Abismo, Fangal, Camisa, Desprenderse de, Mudar la piel, Deshacerse por

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.

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Slough – similar words

sloughed

verb
Shed or remove (a layer of dead skin).
Usage examples:
A snake sloughs off its old skin

noun
A swamp.
Usage examples:
The main landscape feature is endless peat bog, surrounded by marsh, leading into morasses, sloughs…

noun
A situation characterized by lack of progress or activity.
Usage examples:
The economic slough of the interwar years

Sloughed - all meanings in English

Slough synonims

abandon

verb
Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.
Usage examples:
Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

noun
Complete lack of inhibition or restraint.
Usage examples:
She sings and sways with total abandon

verb
Forsake; leave behind

Abandon - all meanings in English

discard

verb
Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.
Usage examples:
Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded

noun
A thing rejected as no longer useful or desirable.
Usage examples:
Caught by bottom-trawling, which causes damage to the seabed, and is part of a complex mixed fisher…

verb
Anything that is cast aside

Discard - all meanings in English

drop

verb
Let or make (something) fall vertically.
Usage examples:
The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

noun
A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.
Usage examples:
The first drops of rain splashed on the ground

verb
Let fall to the ground

Drop - all meanings in English

jettison

verb
Throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship.
Usage examples:
Six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea

noun
The action of jettisoning something.
Usage examples:
The jettison lever

verb
To throw away or get rid of something that is not wanted or needed
Usage examples:
Some of her material will probably be jettisoned for the tv show., the bombs were jettisoned over t…

Jettison - all meanings in English

reject

verb
Dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty.
Usage examples:
Union negotiators rejected a 1.5 per cent pay award

noun
A person or thing dismissed as inadequate or unacceptable.
Usage examples:
Some of the team's rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships

verb
To refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone
Usage examples:
The school rejects a third of all applicants., as a child, she had felt rejected by her mother., in…

Reject - all meanings in English

relinquish

verb
Voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.
Usage examples:
He relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive

Relinquish - all meanings in English

repudiate

verb
Refuse to accept; reject.
Usage examples:
She has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders

verb
To refuse to accept or obey something or someone; reject
Usage examples:
The evidence presented at the trial has since been repudiated., the election results were a repudia…

verb
To decide that an agreement is no longer effective and that you will not do what it says you must do
Usage examples:
Repudiate a contract/agreement failure to deliver on time will entitle the buyer to repudiate the c…

Repudiate - all meanings in English

scrap

noun
A small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used.
Usage examples:
I scribbled her address on a scrap of paper

verb
Discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal.
Usage examples:
A bold decision was taken to scrap existing plant

verb
Engage in a minor fight or quarrel.
Usage examples:
The older boys started scrapping with me

Scrap - all meanings in English

shed

noun
A simple roofed structure used for garden storage, to shelter animals, or as a workshop.
Usage examples:
A bicycle shed

verb
Park (a vehicle) in a depot.
Usage examples:
The buses were temporarily shedded in that depot

verb
(of a tree or other plant) allow (leaves or fruit) to fall to the ground.
Usage examples:
Both varieties shed leaves in winter

Shed - all meanings in English

shrug off

idiom
Minimize the importance of, brush aside

phrasal verb
Dismiss something as unimportant.
Usage examples:
The managing director shrugged off the criticism

phrasal verb
To treat something as if it is not important or not a problem
Usage examples:
The stock market shrugged off the economic gloom and rose by 1.5 percent., you're a father and you …

Shrug off - all meanings in English

throw out

collocation
Throw or cast away

phrasal verb
Discard something as unwanted.
Usage examples:
I threw out all the old torn clothes

phrasal verb
(of a court, legislature, or other body) dismiss or reject something brought before it.
Usage examples:
The charges were thrown out by the magistrate

Throw out - all meanings in English

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