slough

[Slough]

When you slough, you get rid of the rough. To slough is to remove an outer layer, like filing dry skin from feet. You can slough away emotions too, like the heebie jeebies you get thinking about dead skin from people's feet. Ew.

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Slow.

Noun
any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

Noun
a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)

Noun
a hollow filled with mud

Noun
necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

Verb
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every Spring"

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a.
Slow.

n.
A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.

n.
A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.


imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

n.
The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.

n.
The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.

v. i.
To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.

v. t.
To cast off; to discard as refuse.


Slough

Slough , a. Slow. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Slough

Slough , n. [OE. slogh, slough, AS. sl&omac;h a hollow place; cf. MHG. sl&umac;ch an abyss, gullet, G. schlucken to swallow; also Gael. & Ir. sloc a pit, pool. ditch, Ir. slug to swallow. Gr. to hiccough, to sob.] 1. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire. Chaucer.
He's here stuck in a slough.
2. [Pronounced sl&oomac;.] A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river. [In this sense local or provincial; also spelt sloo, and slue.] Slough grass (Bot.), a name in the Mississippi valley for grasses of the genus Muhlenbergia; -- called also drop seed, and nimble Will.

Slough

Slough, obs. imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew. Chaucer.

Slough

Slough , n. [OE. slugh, slouh; cf. MHG. slch the skin of a serpent, G. schlauch a skin, a leather bag or bottle.] 1. The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal. 2. (Med.) The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.

Slough

Slough, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sloughed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Sloughing.] (Med.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.

Slough

Slough, v. t. To cast off; to discard as refuse.
New tint the plumage of the birds, And slough decay from grazing herds.

Slow.

A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.

To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.

To cast off; to discard as refuse.

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Usage Examples

It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not?

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Other Usage Examples

The first thing I think about when I wake up most mornings is the fact that I'm tired. I have been tired for decades. I am tired in the morning and I am tired while becalmed in the slough of the afternoon, and I am tired in the evening, except right when I try to go to sleep.

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