(Eastern North America) 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.
When a plant sloughs its leaves, or an animal such as a snake sloughs its skin, the leaves or skin come off naturally. All reptiles have to slough their skin to grow = shed Slough off means the same as slough. Our bodies slough off dead cells. = shed. A municipal borough of southeast England, a residential and industrial suburb of London. Population: 103,454
The term for the viscous yellow layer which often covers the wound and is strongly adherent to it Its presence can be related to the end of the inflammatory stage of healing when dead cells have accumulated in the exudate
To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly
A defensive strategy whereby a defensive player drops off the attacker he is marking to adopt a position where he can mark an offensive player who is attacking from a more dangerous position
Pronounced slew Sloughs contain areas of slightly deeper water and a slow current They can be thought of as the "broad, shallow rivers of the Everglades" (22)
a defensive strategy whereby a defensive player drops off the attacker being guarded to adopt a position to guard an offensive player who is attacking from a more dangerous situation
A defensive strategy whereby a defensive player drops off the attacker he is marking, to adopt a position where he can mark an offensive player who is attacking from a more dangerous situation
any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou) a hollow filled with mud