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Word: slough (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • A state of depression.
  • British A muddy or marshy area.
  • Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
  • Eastern North America 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.
  • Western North America A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
  • The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

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Proper noun:

  • A town in west London, close to Heathrow Airport

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Verb:

  • transitive To shed (skin).

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