slough

slough
slough
slough1 [sluf]
n.
[ME slouh, akin to Ger schlauch, a skin, bag < IE base * sleug̑-, to glide, slip > Latvian sl'užât, to slide]
1. the skin of a snake, esp. the outer layer that is periodically cast off
2. any castoff layer, covering, etc.: often used figuratively
3. Med. a mass of dead tissue in, or separating from, living tissue or an ulceration
vi.
[< the n.]
1.
a) to be shed, cast off, or discarded; come off
b) to drop off; become fewer or less
2. to shed skin or other covering
3. Med. to separate from the surrounding tissue: said of dead tissue: Often with off
vt.
1. to shed or throw (off) as or like slough; get rid of
2. Bridge to get rid of (a card); discard
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slough over
to gloss over; minimize
sloughy
adj.
slough2 [slou; ] for 4 [ slo͞o]
n.
[ME slowe < OE sloh, akin to MLowG slōch, swamp < IE base * sklēk, wet > SLACK3]
1. a place, as a hollow, full of soft, deep mud
2. [after Slough of Despond, a deep swamp in Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress] deep, hopeless dejection or discouragement
3. moral degradation
4. a swamp, bog, or marsh, esp. one that is part of an inlet or backwater
sloughy
adj.

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