Visual meaning of 'sloughs'? - learn with images, example in daily life

Visual illustration of sloughs: The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

noun

The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

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

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Visual illustration of sloughs: Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

noun

Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

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

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Visual illustration of sloughs: To shed (skin).

verb

To shed (skin).

"Snakes slough their skin periodically."

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Visual illustration of sloughs: To slide off (like a layer of skin).

verb

To slide off (like a layer of skin).

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

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Visual illustration of sloughs: To discard.

verb

To discard.

"East sloughed a heart."

Visual illustration of sloughs: (Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)

verb

(Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)

""Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!""

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Visual illustration of sloughs: A muddy or marshy area.

noun

A muddy or marshy area.

"After the heavy rain, the hiking trail disappeared into a series of muddy sloughs. "

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Visual illustration of sloughs: (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.

noun

(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.

"We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough."

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Visual illustration of sloughs: (Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.

noun

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

"During low tide, many boats sit in the mud of the sloughs that branch off the main river channel. "

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Visual illustration of sloughs: A state of depression.

noun

A state of depression.

"John is in a slough."

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Visual illustration of sloughs: A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.

noun

A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.

"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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