slough

Pronunciation

• IPA ^(key): /slʌf/ (skin shed)

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Noun

Singular slough

Plural sloughs

1. (countable) A slough is the skin shed by a snake.
2. (countable) A slough is a dead skin on a sore or ulcer
3. (countable) A slough is a swamp or shallow lake

Verb

Plain form slough

Third-person singular sloughs

Past tense sloughed

Past participle sloughed

Present participle sloughing

1. (transitive) If something sloughs its skin, it sheds it.

   The snake sloughed its skin.

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