SLOUGH

Slough

Slough is a borough and unitary authority within the ceremonial county of Royal Berkshire, England. The town is about west of Charing Cross, London. It is bisected by the A4 and the Great Western Main Line. At the 2001 census, the population of Slough was 119,070 and the borough area was the most ethnically diverse local council area outside London in the United Kingdom. Slough has the highest proportion of religious adherents in England.

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slough

Noun

  1. The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
    That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.
  2. Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
    This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A muddy or marshy area.
  2. 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.
  3. A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
    The contains dozens of sloughs that are often used for water-skiing and fishing.
  4. A state of depression.
    John is in a slough.
  5. A small pond, often alkaine, many but not all are 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.

Verb

  1. To shed (skin).
    This skin is being sloughed.
  2. To slide off (like a layer of skin).
    A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.
  3. To discard.
    East sloughed a heart.


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