NOUN
  • Definition - The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
  • Example - That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.
  • Definition - Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
  • Example - This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.
VERB
  • Definition - To shed (skin).
  • Example - Snakes slough their skin periodically.
  • Definition - To slide off (like a layer of skin).
  • Example - A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.
  • Definition - To discard.
  • Example - East sloughed a heart.
  • Definition - (Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)
  • Example - "Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!"
NOUN
  • Definition - A muddy or marshy area.
  • Example - "Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!"
  • Definition - (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.
  • Definition - (Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
  • Example - We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough.
  • Definition - A state of depression.
  • Example - John is in a slough.
  • Definition - 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.
Words in your word
7 Letter Words
sloughs 11
6 Letter Words
ghouls 10 loughs 10 slough 10 soughs 10
5 Letter Words
ghoul 9 lough 9 shogs 9 sough 9 sughs 9 shuls 8 slosh 8 slush 8 gloss 6 slogs 6 slugs 6 solus 5 souls 5
4 Letter Words
gosh 8 gush 8 hogs 8 hugs 8 shog 8 sugh 8 ughs 8 hols 7 lush 7 shul 7 sohs 7 guls 5 logs 5 lugs 5 slog 5 slug 5 loss 4 sols 4 soul 4 sous 4
3 Letter Words
hog 7 hug 7 ugh 7 hos 6 ohs 6 sho 6 soh 6 gos 4 gul 4 log 4 lug 4 sol 3 sos 3 sou 3 sus 3
2 Letter Words
ho 5 oh 5 sh 5 uh 5 go 3 lo 2 os 2 so 2 us 2