see|Slough
Category:English heteronyms
English

Etymology 1
Old English sl�h, probably from Proto-Germanic *slokhaz.

Pronunciation
italbrac|Australia|UK:

• AHD|slou, IPA|/slaÊ�/, SAMPA|/slaU/
• audio|en-us-slough1.ogg|Audio (US)
• rhymes|aÊ�

italbrac|General American: AHD|slou, IPA|/sla�/, SAMPA|/slaU/ or AHD|slo�o, IPA|/slu�/, SAMPA|/slu:/

• rhymes|aÊ�
• rhymes|uË�

Noun
wikipedia|slough (wetland)
en-noun

1. UK A muddy or marshy area.

#* 1883 "That comed - as you call it - of being arrant asses," retorted the doctor, "and not having sense enough to know honest air from poison, and the dry land from a vile, pestiferous slough. — w:Treasure Island|Treasure Island, w:Robert Louis Stevenson|Robert Louis Stevenson

1. italbrac|Eastern US 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.

1. italbrac|Western US A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.

#: The w:Sacramento River Delta|Sacramento River Delta contains dozens of sloughs that are often used for water-skiing and fishing.

1. A state of depression.

#: John is in a slough.

Translations
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trans-top|A muddy or marshy area
Finnish: suo, räme
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trans-top|A type of swamp or shallow lake system
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trans-top|A secondary channel of a river delta
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trans-top|A state of depression
Finnish: masennus
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Etymology 2
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Pronunciation
AHD|slŭf, IPA|/sl�f/, SAMPA|/slVf/
audio|en-us-slough2.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|�f

Noun
en-noun

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

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

1. Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

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

trans-top|The skin shed by a snake or other reptile
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trans-top|Dead skin on a sore or ulcer
Finnish: kuollut iho
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Verb
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1. transitive To shed (skin).

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

Translations
trans-top|To shed (skin)
Finnish: luoda
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