Slough

//slʌf//

Synonyms for "slough" (208 found)

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Closest matches (42)

gangrene shed abandon abdicate arm arrest bay baygall bayou bight bilge bilgewater bind bog bottom bottomland bottoms buffalo wallow caries carrion

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case cashier cast cast aside cast away cast off chuck chuckhole clutch complication cove crunch decay decomposition deep six deep-six desquamation dice discard

Verb(2 words)

blackball despise

Noun(1 words)

callow

Strong matches (62)

Related words (104)

molt moor moorland morass mortification moss muckhole mud mud flat mud puddle mudhole necrosis necrotic tissue noma offal offscourings parlous straits part with pass peat bog

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Verb(7 words)

molt moult ostracize overlook set at nought shed sink

Noun(3 words)

slack sphacelus water meadow

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

16 entries

bog cast cast off cover covering drop natural covering pathology peat bog shake off shed swamp swampland throw throw away throw off

Synonyms

2 entries

gangrene shed

Related terms

2 entries

slew slue

derived

8 entries

slough hay slough of despond slough off slough shark slough thistle sloughage sloughgrass sloughy

has context

7 entries

british canadian prairies card games eastern united states slang western united states western us

is a

3 entries

bog covering swamp

part of

4 entries

berkshire buckinghamshire england middlesex

related to

33 entries

absent alkaline around backwater bayou berkshire buckinghamshire deadly deadly sin delta depression discard heathrow lake permission pond

Showing 16 of 33 words.

Translations

112 translations across 31 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

λεβηρίς noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
σῦφαρ noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)

Arabic

3 entries

سَلْخ noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
اِنْسَلَخَ verb (to shed (skin))
سَلَخَ verb (to shed (skin))

Armenian

2 entries

խորխ noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
խորխ noun (dead skin on a sore or ulcer)

Assamese

1 entries

মোট noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)

Bulgarian

4 entries

блато noun (type of swamp or shallow lake system)
мочурище noun (muddy or marshy area)
ръкав noun (secondary channel of a river delta)
струпей noun (dead skin on a sore or ulcer)

Czech

4 entries

bažina noun (muddy or marshy area)
močál noun (muddy or marshy area)
svlečka noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
loupat se verb (of skin, to be shed)

Danish

1 entries

ham noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)

Finnish

4 entries

(luotu) nahka noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
kuollut iho noun (dead skin on a sore or ulcer)
masennus noun (state of depression)
rupi noun (dead skin on a sore or ulcer)

French

2 entries

escarre noun (dead skin on a sore or ulcer)
mue noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)

Galician

4 entries

braña noun (muddy or marshy area)
bulleiro noun (muddy or marshy area)
lamazal noun (muddy or marshy area)
trollo noun (muddy or marshy area)

German

4 entries

Kruste noun (dead skin on a sore or ulcer)
Schorf noun (dead skin on a sore or ulcer)
abgestreifte Haut noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
abwerfen verb (to shed (skin))

Hebrew

1 entries

נשל noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)

Hungarian

1 entries

vedlik verb (to shed (skin))

Irish

1 entries

seascann noun (muddy or marshy area)

Latin

3 entries

lama noun (muddy or marshy area)
palus noun (muddy or marshy area)
vernatio noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)

Malayalam

1 entries

പടം noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)

Māori

3 entries

kautahanga verb (to shed (skin))
whakamāunu verb (to shed (skin))
whakamāunu verb (of skin, to be shed)

Norwegian

2 entries

gjørmehull noun (muddy or marshy area)
myr noun (muddy or marshy area)

Old English

1 entries

insmoh noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

باتاق noun (muddy or marshy area)
خلاش noun (muddy or marshy area)
سلخ noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
قاو noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)

Polish

3 entries

bagno noun (muddy or marshy area)
martwa skóra noun (dead skin on a sore or ulcer)
wylinka noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)

Portuguese

3 entries

atoleiro noun (muddy or marshy area)
lamaçal noun (muddy or marshy area)
pântano noun (muddy or marshy area)

Russian

4 entries

вы́ползина noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
вы́ползок noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
коро́ста noun (dead skin on a sore or ulcer)
подавленность noun (state of depression)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

clàbar noun (muddy or marshy area)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

eshara noun (dead skin on a sore or ulcer)
krasta noun (dead skin on a sore or ulcer)
svlak noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
zmijska košuljica noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)

Spanish

2 entries

agüite noun (state of depression)
zanja noun (secondary channel of a river delta)

Swedish

4 entries

ömsa noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
kasta verb (card games: to discard)
skolka verb (to commit truancy)
ömsa verb (to shed (skin))

Thai

2 entries

คราบ noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
ลอกคราบ verb (to shed (skin))

Turkish

3 entries

kav noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
yılan gömleği noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
yılan kavı noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)

Ukrainian

4 entries

линяти verb (of skin, to be shed)
лущитися verb (of skin, to be shed)
скидати verb (to shed (skin))
скидати verb (card games: to discard)

Welsh

3 entries

croen marw noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
croen wedi'i fwrw noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)
hengroen noun (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile)

Sample sentences

24 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

A slough is a swamp or shallow lake system, usually a backwater to a larger body of water.

Source: tatoeba (6708714)

Lucy commenced some apology for their long delay, but, conscience-struck, became confused as she proceeded; and when Ravenswood, coming to her assistance, endeavoured to render the explanation complete and satisfactory, he only involved himself in the same disorder, like one who, endeavouring to extricate his companion from a slough, entangles himself in the same tenacious swamp.

Source: tatoeba (7760620)

The town Slough has a very suitable name.

Source: tatoeba (10522444)

A slough is a place showing little activity, much like the current state of the British government.

Source: tatoeba (10522446)

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