How Do You Spell SLOUGH?

Pronunciation: [slˈa͡ʊ] (IPA)

The spelling of the word "slough" can be confusing as it has two different pronunciations and meanings. When it's pronounced /slʌf/, it refers to a swamp or marshy area. However, when it's pronounced /sluː/, it means to shed or cast off. To remember the correct spelling for each meaning, think of the "u" in "sluice" which means to release water, as it has the same long /uː/ sound as the second pronunciation of "slough".

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SLOUGH Meaning and Definition

  1. Slough can be defined as a noun or a verb, and its meaning varies depending on its usage and context. As a noun, slough refers to a swampy or marshy area, often characterized by stagnant water, mire, or thick mud. It is a low-lying ground that could have formed due to natural conditions such as flooding or the accumulation of organic matter. In this sense, a slough can be considered an ecological habitat, especially for various aquatic plants and animals.

    As a verb, slough has a couple of distinct meanings. One is to shed or discard a layer or part of something, usually in reference to the skin of an animal or the outer layer of a plant or snake. For example, snakes shed their old skin by sloughing it off. Another usage of the verb slough is to describe the act of getting rid of or disposing of something unwanted or unimportant. It can be used metaphorically to signify the detachment or abandonment of certain beliefs, habits, or relationships.

    Moreover, slough can also refer to a depression or a hollow, often caused by erosion or the collapsing of material, such as in the case of a swamp. In a medical context, a slough is the necrotic or dead tissue that separates from healthy tissue during the process of wound healing.

    Overall, slough encompasses notions of swampy areas, shedding of layers, getting rid of unwanted things, and depressed or hollow spaces.

  2. 1. Necrosed tissue separated from the living structure. 2. To separate from the living tissue, said of a dead or necrosed part.

    A practical medical dictionary. By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop. Published 1920.

  3. • A deep muddy place in which one may be engulfed; a soft bog or marsh.
    • The cast-off skin of a serpent or similar reptile; the dead structure of flesh that separates from a wound, or during mortification.
    • To separate from the living parts of flesh in a sore; to peel or fall off.

    Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language. By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H. Published 1874.

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Etymology of SLOUGH

The word "slough" has multiple etymological origins and thus different meanings.

1. As a noun meaning a swamp or marshy area:

- Middle English "slogh" or "slough" derived from Old English "sloh" meaning "a hollow place, pit, or swamp".

2. As a verb meaning to shed or cast off:

- Middle English "sloughen" from Old English "slūhian" meaning "to shed or mol"; related to the Old Norse "sluga" meaning "to swallow".

3. As a noun meaning the outer layer of dead skin:

- From Middle English "slowe" derived from Old English "sclōh" meaning "skin, husk".

4. As a noun meaning a state of deep despair or despondency:

- This usage originates from the poem "The Waste Land" by T.S.

Idioms with the word SLOUGH

  • slough off sth The idiom "slough off sth" refers to the act of discarding or getting rid of something unwanted, unnecessary, or burdensome. It often implies a process of shedding or eliminating a particular responsibility, task, habit, or problem.
  • slough sth off The idiom "slough something off" means to discard or get rid of something, typically something unwanted or burdensome. It implies letting go or dismissing something, often in a casual or nonchalant manner.
  • slough over

Similar spelling words for SLOUGH

  • self-reproachingly,
  • self-effacing,
  • Self-murderer,
  • self-harm,
  • sylph,
  • self-consciously,
  • Self-exposure,
  • Self-imposture,
  • self-bow,
  • self-tormenter,
  • self-acting,
  • Self-diffusive,
  • self-evidently,
  • self-centered,
  • self-pollution,
  • self-directed,
  • self-evident,
  • self-access,
  • self-occupied,
  • self-occupation,
  • Self-conjugate,
  • self-flattering,
  • self-server,
  • Self-culture,
  • self-possession,
  • self-forgetful,
  • self-interest,
  • self-aggrandizing,
  • self-educated,
  • Sylvae,
  • slav,
  • self-denunciation,
  • self-induced,
  • self-reliant,
  • self-torment,
  • self-esteem,
  • slosh,
  • self-imposed,
  • Self-affairs,
  • self-fertilized,
  • slave-catcher,
  • self-aggrandisement,
  • self-produced,
  • self-drive,
  • self-conscious,
  • self-supporting,
  • Sylvee,
  • self-glorying,
  • self-importance,
  • self-righteous,
  • SULEV,
  • Self-hardening,
  • self-questioning,
  • SLEAF,
  • slushy,
  • self-denying,
  • self-belt,
  • Self-active,
  • self-assuredness,
  • Self-consuming,
  • Self-moved,
  • self-feeder,
  • Self-luminous,
  • Eye-salve,
  • self-preoccupied,
  • self-whispered,
  • self-renunciation,
  • self-pollination,
  • Self-binder,
  • self-amortizing,
  • self-assurance,
  • Zilpha,
  • self-contented,
  • self-examination,
  • self-punishment,
  • self-differentiation,
  • non-slave,
  • Self-glorious,
  • self-restraint,
  • self-indulgently,
  • self-destruction,
  • SELV,
  • self-condemnation,
  • Self-healing,
  • Self-righteousness,
  • self-indulgent,
  • self-made,
  • sylf,
  • self-constituted,
  • self-indulgence,
  • sleigh,
  • Self-accused,
  • self-confession,
  • self-organization,
  • self-consistent,
  • self-financing,
  • Pudding-sleeve,
  • self-regulating,
  • non-self-governing,
  • self-proclaimed,
  • self-reliance,
  • self-portrait,
  • self-reflective,
  • salvo,
  • self-confident,
  • sleev,
  • self-satisfied,
  • slouchy,
  • SLUEF,
  • Self-reprovingly,
  • xlviii,
  • self-pity,
  • self-mastery,
  • self-begotten,
  • self-destructive,
  • self-hypnosis,
  • Self-registering,
  • self-containment,
  • Self-banished,
  • self-insurance,
  • self-defeating,
  • self-defence,
  • Sleave,
  • self-complacency,
  • Self-tormentor,
  • Self-cconsistent,
  • self-fulfilling,
  • Self-opininating,
  • self-willed,
  • Self-consistency,
  • self-regard,
  • Silvy,
  • self-assertiveness,
  • self-preoccupation,
  • self-pollinating,
  • SALVA,
  • Self-depraved,
  • self-engrossed,
  • self-sustained,
  • self-promotion,
  • self-flatteringly,
  • Salvio,
  • self-praising,
  • Self-imparting,
  • SALV,
  • Self-degradation,
  • Self-delusion,
  • Self-created,
  • SEHLF,
  • Self-reproving,
  • Self-examinant,
  • self-protection,
  • Silvio,
  • self-sowed,
  • self-deception,
  • solvay,
  • slug,
  • Sallvia,
  • slave-maker,
  • Self-interested,
  • Sulpho-,
  • SLUFF,
  • slave-catching,
  • Self-depending,
  • self-opinionatedness,
  • Self-considering,
  • SOLV,
  • self-humiliation,
  • self-sown,
  • self-congratulatory,
  • self-sufficiency,
  • Self-satisfying,
  • self-fertilised,
  • self-asserting,
  • self-sufficing,
  • Self-communion,
  • self-adhesive,
  • Slave-holder,
  • self-limited,
  • self-loathing,
  • Self-elective,
  • self-contained,
  • slog,
  • self-education,
  • self-poisoning,
  • self-flattery,
  • self-sacrificing,
  • Self-mettle,
  • self-styled,
  • Sylvia,
  • self-ruling,
  • self-reproachful,
  • SLPHE,
  • self-important,
  • Self-devotion,
  • SULF-PRIM,
  • Selve,
  • self-consequence,
  • self-disciplined,
  • Self-justifier,
  • Self-estimation,
  • self-accusation,
  • self-command,
  • self-flagellating,
  • self-constraint,
  • self-discovery,
  • self-inflicted,
  • self-destroy,
  • self-depriving,
  • Self-restrained,
  • self-abuse,
  • Silvya,
  • self-examining,
  • Self-devotement,
  • self-same,
  • sleeve-link,
  • self-correcting,
  • self-incriminating,
  • Self-admiration,
  • self-opinionated,
  • self-activating,
  • Belly-slave,
  • Self-charity,
  • self-seeking,
  • SLAF,
  • self-congratulation,
  • Self-evidence,
  • self-contradictory,
  • Silvie,
  • Self-applying,
  • Self-abasing,
  • Self-positing,
  • self-deprecation,
  • self-seeded,
  • xlvi,
  • Self-propagating,
  • self-balancing,
  • Self-reproached,
  • self-concern,
  • Self-repugnant,
  • self-help,
  • Self-applause,
  • self-defense,
  • self-propelling,
  • Silpha,
  • Self-opinioned,
  • self-digestion,
  • self-sufficient,
  • self-identity,
  • Slava,
  • Self-kindled,
  • self-giving,
  • Self-reproaching,
  • self-gratification,
  • self-selection,
  • selloff,
  • self-controlled,
  • Sylph-like,
  • self-injury,
  • self-loader,
  • self-respecting,
  • Self-devised,
  • self-reflection,
  • Self-gratulation,
  • sulpha,
  • self-satisfaction,
  • self-composedness,
  • self-aware,
  • self-sacrifice,
  • CYLV,
  • self-observer,
  • self-service,
  • SOLOVE,
  • self-assessment,
  • self-torture,
  • slavey,
  • Self-homicide,
  • self-propellent,
  • sylva,
  • self-admiring,
  • self-assertion,
  • self-conceited,
  • self-importantly,
  • self-infatuated,
  • self-sustaining,
  • self-subsisting,
  • self-enclosed,
  • self-described,
  • Self-taught,
  • self-reproof,
  • Self-celored,
  • self-assumption,
  • Self-neglecting,
  • self-hate,
  • self-protective,
  • self-doubting,
  • CIJLF,
  • self-confessed,
  • Silvi,
  • sulph,
  • self-obsessed,
  • SLEIF,
  • Self-color,
  • slouch,
  • Self-knowing,
  • self-condemnatory,
  • self-pampering,
  • Slaugh,
  • self-analysis,
  • Self-enjoyment,
  • Self-opinion,
  • self-scrutiny,
  • SILAFAE,
  • self-study,
  • Zilvia,
  • self-governed,
  • xlvii,
  • SOLF,
  • self-addressed,
  • self-fertilisation,
  • self-awareness,
  • SLV,
  • SLF,
  • Self-willedness,
  • Self-posited,
  • self-composedly,
  • self-subsistent,
  • self-appointed,
  • self-explanatory,
  • Self-repellency,
  • self-contemplation,
  • SULFO-NHS,
  • self-image,
  • self-will,
  • self-preservation,
  • SLOAF,
  • Self-devouring,
  • self-censorship,
  • PSLV,
  • self-instructed,
  • self-forgetting,
  • self-realisation,
  • Silvae,
  • self-realization,
  • self-consciousness,
  • Self-regulative,
  • self-locking,
  • Self-motion,
  • Self-trust,
  • Self-deceived,
  • SULF-X,
  • self-approval,
  • slave-coffie,
  • self-effacement,
  • self-colored,
  • self-perpetuating,
  • self-deceit,
  • self-improvement,
  • self-regarding,
  • Self-conviction,
  • self-regulatory,
  • self-government,
  • Self-one,
  • self-assertive,
  • SSYLVIA,
  • self-applauding,
  • CELIYF4,
  • self-serving,
  • self-cultivation,
  • self-mortification,
  • self-inductance,
  • Slave-born,
  • XLIFF,
  • Self-perplexed,
  • self-discipline,
  • xlv,
  • self-affected,
  • Self-devoted,
  • self-oriented,
  • sloughy,
  • self-supported,
  • self-established,
  • self-reformation,
  • Self-reverence,
  • Self-adjusting,
  • self-involved,
  • self,
  • self-denial,
  • PSWLF,
  • Self-determining,
  • self-worth,
  • self-composed,
  • self-support,
  • self-explaining,
  • self-control,
  • Self-wrong,
  • self-deprecating,
  • self-fulfillment,
  • self-loving,
  • self-condemned,
  • lawn-sleeve,
  • self-abandonment,
  • self-annihilation,
  • self-justifying,
  • self-generated,
  • self-abasement,
  • self-centred,
  • Self-uned,
  • self-mutilation,
  • self-dependence,
  • self-pleasing,
  • self-aggrandizement,
  • self-expression,
  • self-doubt,
  • sulph-hemoglobin,
  • self-concerned,
  • self-liquidating,
  • self-mockery,
  • Self-slaughter,
  • self-confidence,
  • sluice,
  • Zylpha,
  • Self-delation,
  • Zillpha,
  • Self-involution,
  • self-worship,
  • self-observation,
  • self-admiringly,
  • Self-repetition,
  • Slyvia,
  • Self-conceit,
  • self-critical,
  • self-depreciation,
  • self-centeredly,
  • self-promoter,
  • dis-solve,
  • self-forgetfulness,
  • self-restraining,
  • CYLHF,
  • self-absorbed,
  • solfa,
  • self-centeredness,
  • Slave-like,
  • Swelve,
  • Self-centring,
  • Self-repulsive,
  • self-love,
  • self-abnegation,
  • Self-existent,
  • slave-hunt,
  • self-pride,
  • self-collected,
  • Self-destroyer,
  • self-respectful,
  • silvia,
  • Slave-grown,
  • Zylvia,
  • self-sealing,
  • Self-reproved,
  • self-elected,
  • Sylvie,
  • self-fertile,
  • silva,
  • Self-ignorant,
  • self-abnegating,
  • self-operating,
  • self-disgust,
  • Self-defensive,
  • slave,
  • Self-existence,
  • self-starter,
  • Sleeve-button,
  • Self-assumed,
  • self-glorification,
  • self-reproach,
  • sluss,
  • Self-centering,
  • sluf,
  • Self-convicted,
  • Self-dependent,
  • self-destruct,
  • Self-complacent,
  • self-immolation,
  • self-distrustful,
  • Slave-holding,
  • XLLEF,
  • salvia,
  • self-suspension,
  • sligh,
  • self-incrimination,
  • Salify,
  • self-governing,
  • self-determined,
  • self-sterile,
  • self-possessed,
  • Self-suspended,
  • SLAEF,
  • self-denyingly,
  • self-pleased,
  • self-seeker,
  • Self-communicative,
  • selva,
  • Self-indignation,
  • self-knowledge,
  • self-deprivation,
  • Self-abhorrence,
  • self-moving,
  • Self-commune,
  • Self-activity,
  • SCYLV,
  • self-propelled,
  • Self-affrighted,
  • self-praise,
  • Sylvio,
  • Self-evolution,
  • Self-partiality,
  • self-extinction,
  • Self-centration,
  • self-subsistence,
  • self-aggrandising,
  • Self-action,
  • Self-excite,
  • saliva,
  • Self-begetten,
  • self-criticism,
  • solve,
  • self-conceitedness,
  • self-heal,
  • self-direction,
  • sulfa,
  • self-suggestion,
  • SELIFA,
  • weapon-salve,
  • SELPH,
  • self-organisation,
  • self-searching,
  • self-applaudingly,
  • salve,
  • self-possessedly,
  • self-glory,
  • self-hatred,
  • sailv,
  • Self-bern,
  • Self-abased,
  • self-justification,
  • Self-regulated,
  • sleeve,
  • self-absorption,
  • Self-contradiction,
  • slash,
  • self-referent,
  • self-coloured,
  • self-distrust,
  • self-conceitedly,
  • Self-murder,
  • Self-annihilated,
  • Self-approving,
  • xliv,
  • slush,
  • Self-suspicious,
  • self-portrayal,
  • self-pollinated,
  • self-righteously,
  • slag,
  • self-rule,
  • self-governance,
  • Self-exaltation,
  • self-communing,
  • self-involvement,
  • Self-ignorance,
  • self-winding,
  • Self-view,
  • self-loading,
  • self-respect,
  • Self-life,
  • Self-repelling,
  • self-reliantly,
  • slave-coast,
  • self-infection,
  • self-approbation,
  • self-employed,
  • self-assured,
  • self-flagellation,
  • Slive.

Plural form of SLOUGH is SLOUGHS

Conjugate verb Slough

CONDITIONAL

I would slough
we would slough
you would slough
he/she/it would slough
they would slough

FUTURE

I will slough
we will slough
you will slough
he/she/it will slough
they will slough

FUTURE PERFECT

I will have sloughed
we will have sloughed
you will have sloughed
he/she/it will have sloughed
they will have sloughed

PAST

I sloughed
we sloughed
you sloughed
he/she/it sloughed
they sloughed

PAST PERFECT

I had sloughed
we had sloughed
you had sloughed
he/she/it had sloughed
they had sloughed

PRESENT

I slough
we slough
you slough
he/she/it sloughs
they slough

PRESENT PERFECT

I have sloughed
we have sloughed
you have sloughed
he/she/it has sloughed
they have sloughed
I am sloughing
we are sloughing
you are sloughing
he/she/it is sloughing
they are sloughing
I was sloughing
we were sloughing
you were sloughing
he/she/it was sloughing
they were sloughing
I will be sloughing
we will be sloughing
you will be sloughing
he/she/it will be sloughing
they will be sloughing
I have been sloughing
we have been sloughing
you have been sloughing
he/she/it has been sloughing
they have been sloughing
I had been sloughing
we had been sloughing
you had been sloughing
he/she/it had been sloughing
they had been sloughing
I will have been sloughing
we will have been sloughing
you will have been sloughing
he/she/it will have been sloughing
they will have been sloughing
I would have sloughed
we would have sloughed
you would have sloughed
he/she/it would have sloughed
they would have sloughed
I would be sloughing
we would be sloughing
you would be sloughing
he/she/it would be sloughing
they would be sloughing
I would have been sloughing
we would have been sloughing
you would have been sloughing
he/she/it would have been sloughing
they would have been sloughing

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