slough: Meaning and Definition of

slough

1. an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp or swamplike region.
2. a hole full of mire, as in a road.
3. and Canadian. a marshy or reedy pool, pond, inlet, backwater, or the like.
4. a condition of degradation, despair, or helplessness.

slough

1. the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
2. a mass or layer of dead tissue separated from the surrounding or underlying tissue.
3. anything that is shed or cast off.
4. a discard.

1. to be or become shed or cast off, as the slough of a snake.
2. to cast off a slough.
3. to separate from the sound flesh, as a slough.
4. to discard a card or cards.

1. to dispose or get rid of; cast (often fol. by off): to slough off a bad habit.
2. to shed as or like a slough.
3. to discard (cards).
4. to treat as slight or trivial: to slough over a friend's mistake.