How to pronounce“slough”in English
related to the first definition it is like a hole with lots of deep mud in it when it is pronounced with the uh as in butter with the f unvoiced f sound
Slough then it is the outer layer of skin on a snake it is also the verb of
when the snake gets rid of that outer layer and it is also used figuratively meaning to dismiss something I slued over my
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Definitions of “slough”
The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
“That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.”
Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
“This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.”
To shed skin or outer layers.
“This skin is being sloughed.”
To slide off or flake off, as an outer layer, such as skin, might do.
“A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.”
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