Associations to the word «Slough»
Noun
- Whole
- Charleston
- Buckingham
- Oregon
- Town
- Redevelopment
- Coventry
- Observatory
- Wherefore
- Sleep
- Lagoon
- Watt
- Mouth
- Beech
- Elect
- Scale
- Estate
- Passenger
- Mercer
- Picnic
- Remnant
- Sunk
- Leg
- Independent
- Flow
- Wizard
- Ignorance
- Fraser
- Vegetation
- Newark
- Mile
- Turnout
- Grass
- Sheath
- Channel
- Otter
- Valerie
- Belmont
- Gum
- Inch
- Shark
- San
- Wheeler
- Duck
- Ravine
- Fork
- Boundary
- Replay
- Council
- Log
- Constituency
- Narrow
- Gas
- Acre
- Flat
- Dune
- Valley
- Preserve
- Regeneration
- Woods
- Watts
- Turtle
- Labour
- Depot
- Ranch
- Steamer
- Junction
- England
- Bradford
- Rain
- Landing
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
SLOUGH, noun. The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
SLOUGH, noun. Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
SLOUGH, verb. (transitive) To shed (skin).
SLOUGH, verb. (intransitive) To slide off (like a layer of skin).
SLOUGH, verb. (transitive) (card games) To discard.
SLOUGH, noun. (British) A muddy or marshy area.
SLOUGH, noun. (Eastern United States) 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. (Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
SLOUGH, noun. A state of depression.
SLOUGH, noun. (Canadian Prairies) A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all are formed by glacial potholes.
SLOUGH, proper noun. A town in east Berkshire, and formerly in Buckinghamshire, close to Heathrow Airport
SLOUGH OF DESPOND, noun. A state of despondency.
SLOUGH OF DESPOND, noun. A state of disheartening hopelessness.
Dictionary definition
SLOUGH, noun. Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass.
SLOUGH, noun. A hollow filled with mud.
SLOUGH, noun. A stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou).
SLOUGH, noun. Any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake).
SLOUGH, verb. Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "our dog sheds every Spring".
Wise words
In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike
fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the
new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.