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Word: slough
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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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