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1.NounThe skin shed by a snake or other reptile."That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful."
2.NounDead skin on a sore or ulcer."This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn."
3.VerbTo shed skin or outer layers."This skin is being sloughed.; Snakes slough their skin periodically."
4.VerbTo slide off or flake off, as an outer layer, such as skin, might do."A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off."
5.VerbTo discard."East sloughed a heart."
6.VerbTo commit truancy, be absent from school without permission.
7.NounA marshy or muddy area.
8.NounA type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees."We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough."
9.NounA secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide."The Sacramento River Delta contains dozens of sloughs that are often used for water-skiing and fishing."
10.NounA state of depression."John is in a slough."
11.NounA small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes."Potholes or sloughs formed by a glacier’s retreat from the central plains of North America, are now known to be some of the world’s most productive ecosystems."