Definizione monolingua

slough

slough (third-person singular simple present sloughs, present participle sloughing, simple past and past participle sloughed)

1. (transitive) To shed (skin).

   A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.

slough (plural sloughs)

1. The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

   That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.

2. Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

   This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.

Definizione dizionario slough

abbandonare

mutare

palude

pantano

Altri significati:

the skin shed by a snake or other reptile

(transitive) To shed (skin).

dead skin on a sore or ulcer

(Eastern North America) 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.

a muddy or marshy area

to shed (skin)

(Western North America) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.

(UK) A muddy or marshy area.

A state of depression.

Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.