Word: sloughs
The skin shed by a snake or other reptile. Example: That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.
Dead skin on a sore or ulcer. Example: This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.
To shed (skin). Example: Snakes slough their skin periodically.
To slide off (like a layer of skin). Example: A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.
To discard. Example: East sloughed a heart.
(Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch) Example: "Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!"
A muddy or marshy area.
(Eastern United States) 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. Example: We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough.
(Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
A state of depression. Example: John is in a slough.
A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes. Example: Potholes or sloughs formed by a glacier’s retreat from the central plains of North America, are now known to be some of the world’s most productive ecosystems.
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