Definition of Slough

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Slough

Slow.

A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.

A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.

The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.

To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.

To cast off; to discard as refuse.

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Slough Quotations

It is my art. I am better at it than I ever was. And I will do it as long as I can. When you reach a certain age you can slough off what is unnecessary and concentrate on what is. And why not?
Arthur Miller

Because you know how you say I've got to really get down and really do some training and then of course, you never do or you do it for a couple of weeks and slough it back off again but I'm being forced to do something that I really want to do and I loved it.
David Carradine

It is hard to rescue a man from the slough of luxury and idleness combined. If anything can do it, it is a cradle filled annually.
Anthony Trollope

It's often difficult to slough off all that we've acquired, all the comforts and safety nets modern life provides for us, and realize that in those days, people were living very much on the edge - life was incredibly hard!
Derek Jacobi

Slough Translations

slough in Latin is lama, volutabrum

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