Slough

Definition: Slough

Slough

Noun

1. Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass.

2. A hollow filled with mud.

3. A stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou).

4. Any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake).

Verb

1. Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; of animals.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "slough" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Geography

Mining

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Synonyms: Slough

Adversity

Noun: adversity, evil; failure; bad luck, ill luck, evil luck, adverse luck, hard fortune, hard hap, hard luck, hard lot; frowns of fortune; evil dispensation, evil star, evil genius; vicissitudes of life, ups and downs of life, broken fortunes; hard case, hard lines, hard life; sea of troubles; peck of troubles; hell upon earth; slough of despond.

Dejection

Melancholy; sadness; Adjective: il penseroso, melancholia, dismals, blues, lachrymals, mumps, dumps, blue devils, doldrums; vapors, megrims, spleen, horrors, hypochondriasis, pessimism; la maladie sans maladie; despondency, slough of Despond; disconsolateness; Adjective: hope deferred, blank despondency; voiceless woe.

Difficulty

Scrape, hobble, slough, quagmire, hot water, hornet's nest; sea of troubles, peck of troubles; pretty kettle of fish; pickle, stew, imbroglio, mess, ado; false position.

Hopelessness

Airy hopes forlorn hope; gone case, dead duck, gone coon; goner; bad job, bad business; enfant perdu; gloomy horizon, black spots in the horizon; slough of Despond, cave of Despair; immedicabile vulnus.

Marsh

Noun: marsh, swamp, morass, marish, moss, fen, bog, quagmire, slough, sump, wash; mud, squash, slush; baygall, cienaga, jhil, vlei.

Pain

Hell upon earth; iron age, reign of terror; slough of despond; (adversity); peck of troubles; "ills that flesh is heir to"; (evil); miseries of human life; "unkindest cut of all".

Uncleanness

Spawn, offal, gurry; lientery; garbage, carrion; excreta; slough, peccant humor, pus, matter, suppuration, lienteria; faeces, feces, excrement, ordure, dung, crap, sewage, sewerage; muck; coprolite; guano, manure, compost.

Crosswords: Slough

Mr. Ken Andrews, of Leighton Road, Slough has concealed himself extremely well (Monty Python's Flying Circus; writing credit: Douglas Adams; Graham Chapman)

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References

• Slough Estates, plc: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

• Elkhorn Slough (Monterey Bay Aquarium Natural History Series) (reference)

• SLOUGH ESTATES PLC: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis (Labor Productivity Series) (reference)

• Taming the Vipers in the Slough (reference)

• The Elkhorn Slough and Moss Landing (reference)

• The Mentally Handicapped Adolescent: The Slough Project of the National Society for Mentally Handicapped Children, an Experimental Step Towards Life (reference)

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The boundary monument between the United States and Mexico just south of San Diego. This also gives a good seaward view of Tijuana Slough, now part of the the National Estuarine Research Reserve System. In: Pacific Coast. Coast Pilot of California, Oregon, and Washington Territory. . By George Davidson, 1869. P. 8. Library Call Number VK947.D4 1869. Credit: America's Coastlines.

The Reiner brothers own the property that contains Haskell Slough. The two brothers were also hired to do the construction and provided the equipment for the restoration. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

At the lower portion of the slough, a large pond complex was constructed as a part of the restoration. The pond is about one and a half acres. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Entrance to Wilkins Slough from the Sacramento River, in background. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

A map shows the location of Haskell Slough as it existed in 1975. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

The lower region of Haskell Slough. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Padilla Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. The Mud Snail, Batillaria attramentaria, is abundant on soft mud or high intertidal zones of quiet bays and estuaries from Boundary Bay, British Columbia, to Elkhorn Slough, California . The shell is long, slender, and about 35mm long. It was introduced from Japan to the U.S. and is common where Japanese oysters were planted. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Elkhorn Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Slough South of Innoko River and North Hather Creek. Credit: Alaska Image Library.

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In the Luniere fontis, it would have taken a man a day to disappear, while he would have been devoured in five minutes by the Phelippeaux slough.

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Expressions using "slough": rock slough ♦ slough away ♦ slough grass ♦ slough hat ♦ slough its skin ♦ slough of despond ♦ slough off ♦ slough off its skin. Additional references.

Beginning with "slough": slough-based, Slough-windsor.

Ending with "slough": Betjeman-on-slough.

Albanian

Moçal (backwater, bayou, bog, Fen, Mars, Marsh, mire, morass, muskeg, quagmire, slew, swamp), Lëkurë Gjarpri, Kënetë (backwater, bog, Fen, Marsh, moor, morass, muskeg, quag, quagmire), Batak (hole, mire, morass, sink), Baltovinë (quagmire). (various references)

Arabic 

‏مستنقع (bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, moss, ooze, patch, pond, quag, quagmire, slew, sump, swamp), ‏نزع (dig up, disarmament, evisceration, extraction, plucking out, removal, remove, snap, spring, strip, supplant, take down, take off, tear out), ‏نبذ (cashier, centrifuge, dereliction, discard, dismiss, dismissal, forsake, reject, rejection, relegate, reprobate, scrap, throw away), ‏قرحة (sore, ulcer), ‏تخلى (abandon, assign, cast aside, cede, desist, disgorge, expose, forsake, give up, go back on, hand over, leave, let down, part, quit, release, relinquish, renounce, repudiate, resign, retreat, shake, shrift, sign away, swear off, throw over, turn one's back on, vacate, waive, walk out on, yield), ‏تخلص من ورق اللعب, ‏تخلص من (clear off, disembarrass, disengage, disposal, dispose of, ditch, do dispose of, doff, drown, elimination, escape, exorcise, exorcize, free, get out of, get rid of, jettison, liquidate, mop up, outgrow, polish up, put off, rid, scrap, sell up, shake, shake off, turn, turn off, weed, weed out, work off), ‏جلد الثعبان, ‏السلخ جلد الأفعى المنسلخ عنها, ‏إنهار (break down, cave, collapse, come down, crack, crash, crock, crumple, drop, fall, fall in, founder, go under, perish, plummet, ruin, run down, sink, slump, tumble, tumble down), ‏أنسلخ, ‏أنسل (run, shed). (various references)

Bulgarian 

Блато (Marsh), Стара Кожа На Змия, Струпей, Изпадали Люспи, Изпадали Косми, Изпадали Пера, Сменям Се, Изхвърлям, чистя (clean, discard, dress, mop, pick, stone, unload), Лющя Се, Тресавище (Fen, Marsh), Хвърлена Кожа На Змия, Мочурище (Fen), Мъртва Тъкан, Отказвам Се От (Stow), Изоставен Навик. (various references)

Chinese 

脱落 (Sloughed, sloughing). (various references)

Czech

Svléci (dishabille, disrobe, get off, put off, strip, take off, unclothe, undress), Strup (scab), Moèál (bog, morass, quag, quagmire, swamp), Loupat Se (flake off, Peel), Deprese (blues, depression, discouragement, low spirits), Bažina (bog, Fen, Marsh, morass, moss, quag, quagmire, swamp). (various references)

Danish

sump (bog, heel, marsh, swamp), jordskred (cavy, debris avalanche, earth creep, earth flow, earth slide, land slip, landslide, landslip, mud slide, mudslide, slide, slip, soil creep). (various references)

Dutch

mengbak voor slijpmiddelbereiding, afglijden (gliding off, skidding off, slipping of the forceps). (various references)

Farsi 

پوسته پوسته شدگی , پوسته خارجی , پوست مار, پوست لجن زار, پوست ریخته شده مار, پوست دله زخم , پوست (Cortex, Cuticle, Hide, Hull, Husk, Membrane, Peel, Peeling, Rind, Shale, Shell, Skin), نهر (Creek, Dike, Kil, Stream), لجن (Lair, Mire, Mud, Silt, Slob, Slobber, Slop, Slosh, Sludge, Slush), سبوس (Bran, Chaff, Husk, Shuck), ضربه سنگین زدن , انحطاط (Chute, Decadence, Decline, Degeneration, Downfall, Downhill, Retrogradation), انداختن (Cast, Delete, Drop, Hitch, Hurl, Hurtle, Jaculate, Launch, Layaway, Omit, Put, Relegate, Shovel, Sling, Souse, Throw, Thrust, Toss), درلجن گیرافتادن , باتلاق (Bog, Marsh, Mire, Morass, Quagmire, Slop, Swamp, Swampland). (various references)

Finnish

maanvyörymä (debris avalanche, landslide, landslip, mudslide, slide). (various references)

French

Se Dépouiller, Se Démolir, Se Défausser, Se Débarrasser, Perdre, Mue, Marécage, loupe de glissement, Escarre, Enlever (slip, slip off), Dépouille, Bourbier (slash), bac-baratte. (various references)

German

Sumpf (bog, cesspool, marsh, mire, morass, mud, puddle, quagmire, sump, swamp, swampland), Sich Häuten (Peel, shed its skin), sich ablösen (alternate, become detached, come off, peel off, relieve each other, soak off, take turns, work in relays), Schorf (crust, scab, scaly skin, scurf), Schleifmittelaufbereiten, Rutschung (landslide, slide, sliding, slipping), Morast (bog, mire, morass, quagmire, slush), Abstreifen (cast, get rid off, shuffle off, slip off, strip, take off, to strip, wipe, wipe off), Abgestreifte Haut. (various references)

Greek 

προεξοχή κατολισθήσεως, παρασκευαστήριο υλικών λείανσης, παλιό δέρμα φυδιού, Λασπώδησ Τόποσ, �"έρμα όφεωσ, �'άλτοσ (Fen, Marsh), Απορρίπτω Το �"έρμα, ίέλυφοσ (Hull, Testa). (various references)

Hebrew 

ּ�"שיל, ֱצ�" (Fen, Marsh). (various references)

Hungarian

pocsolya (dub, mere, mire, pond, pool, puddle, slop, stank, sump, wallow), pörk (burnt ore, calcinate, calcine, cinder, scale, to slough), Mocsár (bog, Fen, Marsh, marshland, mire, moor, moore, moorland, morass, moss, muskeg, sough, swampland, tarn, wash), levedlett bőr (cast, shedding), kétségbeesés (despair, desperation, hopelessness, loss of hope), Ingovány (moor, moorland, morass, quag, quagmire, swamp, tarn), hámló bőr, elhullatott agancs, elhagyott szokás. (various references)

Italian

vasca per abrasivo, Pantano (bog, mire, morass, ooze, quagmire, swamp), Palude (bog, Fen, Marsh, morass, moss, quagmire, slash, slew, slue, swamp), Mutare Pelle, Mutare (alter, change), Abbandonare (abandon, abdicate, bolt, desert, discard, dismiss, dump, fail, forsake, give up, leave, leave behind, let oneself go, quit, register, relinquish, renounce, resign, surrender). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

乾せる (to be poisoned, to dry up, to scab, to slough). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

かせる (to be poisoned, to dry up, to scab, to slough). (various references)

Korean 

벗으십시�". (various references)

Manx

scarrey (alienate, alienation, break away, break off, break up, come away, detach, detachment; spread, disconnect, disengage, disjoin, disjunction, dissociate, dissociation, distinguish, disunion, disunite, diverge, divergence, divide, divorce, draw apart; spacing, insulation, leaving, part, part with, parting, relinquish, schism, secede, secession, segment, segregate, segregation, separate, separating, separation, sever, severance, shut off, split up, start, sunder), laaghan (muddy place), feill varroo, crackan (fur, hide, peel, pelt, rind, skin), ceau yn crackan. (various references)

Pig Latin

oughslay.(various references)

Portuguese

recipiente para abrasivo, lameiro (morass, quag), lamaçal (bog, mire, puddle, quagmire), deslizamento de barranco de rio, charco (bog, catchment basin, dash, dub, fen, marsh, mire, moor, morass, plash, pond, pool, puddle, quag, quagmire, sink, swamp, wash), atoleiro (bog, hag, mire, morass, puddle, quag, quagmire, swamp). (various references)

Romanian

Prinde Crusta, Piele De şarpe Nãpârlitã, Piele De şarpe, Obicei Uitat, Nãpârli (Molt, moult, slough its skin), Mlaştinã (bog, Fen, Marsh, mere, mire, moor, morass, puddle, quagmire, slop, swamp), Crustã Formatã Pe O Ranã, Baltã (bog, Fen, lake, mere, moor, morass, plash, pool, puddle, slop, swamp), Bãltoacã (pan, pool, puddle), A-şi Schimba Pielea. (various references)

Russian 

сходить трясина, Трясина, �"епрессия, Струп, Сброшенная Кожа. (various references)

Scottish

sloc (a pit, cavity, concave, den, hollow, pit). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zmijska košuljica, izumrla koža. (various references)

Spanish

Mudar La Piel (Molt, moult), Mudar (alter, back, break, break up, change, convert, Molt, moult, move, mutate, shed, slough off, throw, transfer, turn, turn about, turn around, vary, veer), Fangal (bog), Desprenderse De (come adrift, come off, get rid of), Deshacerse Por (ditch, purge, shed, slough off), depósito de preparación de barros, Abismo (abysm, abyss, chasm, cleft, coulee, couloir, crevice, deepness, gulf, hell, pit, precipice, steep). (various references)

Swedish

träsk (bog, fen, flow, marsh, morass, sink, sordidness, swamp), ormskinn. (various references)

Thai

ลอกคราบ (moult), หนองที่มีแต่โคลน, คราบ. (various references)

Turkish

Su Birikintisi (puddle, water), Soyulan Deri, Sıyrılmak (be grazed, dodge, elude, graze, pull away, shed, squirm out of, wriggle, wriggle oneself out of, wriggle out), Umutsuzluk (bleakness, despair, desperation, despond, despondancy, dismay, hopelessness, self-despair), Pul Pul Olmak (desquamate, laminate, scale, scale off), Kabuk Bağlamak (cake, encrust, form a crust, heal over, incrust, scab, scab over, scar over, skin over), Gömlek (blouse, Sark, shimmy, shirt, tunic, Tunica), Gölet (pond, pool, puddle), Deri Değiştirmek (Molt, moult, shed one's skin, slough away, slough off), Değiştirilen Deri, Bataklık (bog, boggy, everglade, Fen, Marsh, morass, moss, muskeg, quag, quagmire, quicksand, sink, swamp, swampy), Batak (bog, boggy, gutter, in carey street, Marsh, mire, miry, morass, quag, quagmire, quicksand, sink, swamp), Üzerinden Atmak, Üzüntü (Strait), Ölü Deri. (various references)

Ukrainian

Покриватися Струпами, Міняти Шкіру, Заводь, �'ибоїна (Dent), Болото (Fen, Marsh), Струп, Скинута Шкіра. (various references)

Vietnamese 

vết mục, vũng bùn, chỗ bùn lầy. (various references)

abscedat, abscedentibus, lama, volutabrum. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "slough": sloughed, sloughier, sloughiest, sloughing, sloughs, sloughy. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Slough" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aslaug, blough, Glough, luoghi, scough, slaugh, sleugh, sloag, sloff, slogh, sloough, slought, slouth, sluagh, sluff, slugh, stough. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: ghouls, loughs.

-1 letter: ghoul, lough, sough.

-2 letters: gosh, guls, gush, hogs, hols, hugs, logs, lugs, lush, shog, shul, slog, slug, soul, sugh, ughs.

-3 letters: gos, gul, hog, hug, log, lug, ohs, sol, sou, ugh.

-4 letters: go, ho, lo, oh, os, sh, so, uh, us.

+1 letter: cloughs, goulash, ploughs, sloughs, sloughy.

+2 letters: ghoulies, ghoulish, shogunal, sloughed.

+3 letters: bungholes, furloughs, goulashes, gunkholes, hourglass, houseling, hugeously, longhouse, onslaught, outlaughs, ploughers, roguishly, roughlegs, slouching, sloughier, sloughing, slungshot.

+4 letters: ghoulishly, glasshouse, goalmouths, guilloches, halogenous, homologous, homologues, horselaugh, houselling, lighthouse, longhouses, onslaughts, overslaugh, sloughiest, slungshots, theologues.

+5 letters: flourishing, flugelhorns, glasshouses, horselaughs, hourglasses, houselights, largemouths, lighthouses, outblushing, outhustling, overslaughs, polyphagous, righteously, shouldering, thoughtless, xylophagous.