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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'Slough' Resulted in 2 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 2 Definitions Slough proper noun  A town in west London, close to Heathrow Airport      Full Definition of Slough slough noun (wikipedia, slough (wetland)) A muddy or marshy area. 1883 "That comed - as you call it - of being arrant asses," retorted the doctor, "and not having sense enough to know honest air from poison, and the dry land from a vile, pestiferous . &mdash; w:Treasure Island, Treasure Island, w:Robert Louis Stevenson, Robert Louis Stevenson (italbrac, Eastern US) 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. We paddled under a canopy of trees through the . (italbrac, Western US) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide. The w:Sacramento River Delta, Sacramento River Delta contains dozens of sloughs that are often used for water-skiing and fishing. A state of depression. John is in a . verb  (transitive) To shed (skin). A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off. <!--This is the passive form of the transitive sense, not a separate intransitive sense: (intransitive) Of skin, to be shed. This skin is being sloughed.-->      Full Definition of slough  Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish     Show 51015202550 results per page. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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