Associations to the word «Sloughing»
Noun
- Hull
- Pilgrim
- Jaw
- Trading
- Dike
- Isthmus
- Despair
- Clot
- Habit
- Delta
- Waterway
- Glade
- Grammar
- Mass
- Cabin
- Humboldt
- Tributary
- Meadows
- Racetrack
- Bluff
- Tendon
- Separate
- Fragment
- Fiona
- Heron
- Isabel
- Meadow
- Rancho
- Councillor
- Palo
- Aqueduct
- Drain
- Portland
- Motorway
- Lea
- Tide
- Stream
- Sinking
- Saratoga
- Fairbanks
- Sewer
- Hc
- Peterborough
- Sewage
- Nicola
- Hollow
- Clothes
- Brent
- Lake
- Stem
- Grassland
- Moss
- Runoff
- Lining
- Hayes
- Columbia
- Inlet
- Laurence
- Repair
- Surrey
- River
- Leicester
- Cap
- Ward
- Sinner
- Forage
- Bay
- Stockton
- Dust
- Ditch
- Serpent
- Adobe
- Canal
- Habitat
- Beaver
Adjective
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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.