slough
Synonyymisanakirja
slough
suo, turvesuo, neva, peite, luonnollinen peite, käärmeennahka, vanha kuori, räme, vesijättömaa, mutakuoppa, luhta, patologia, poikkeama, kuolio, kuiva kuolio, kuivakuolio, muumioituminen.
Englannin sanakirja
slough (englanti > suomi)
slough englanniksi
The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.
This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.
puhekieltä To shed (skin).
This skin is being sloughed.
Snakes slough their skin periodically.
puhekieltä To slide off (like a layer of skin).
A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.
2013, Casey Watson, Mummy’s Little Helper: The heartrending true story of a young girl:
puhekieltä To discard.
East sloughed a heart.
puhekieltä 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
(qualifier) 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.
(qualifier) 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.
A state of depression.
John is in a slough.
puhekieltä 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.