sloughy

Definition of Sloughy in English :

Adjective

1. boggy, marshy, miry, mucky, muddy, quaggy, sloppy, sloughy, soggy, squashy, swampy, waterlogged

(of soil) soft and watery

Example Sentences:
'the ground was boggy under foot'
'a marshy coastline'
'miry roads'
'wet mucky lowland'
'muddy barnyard'
'quaggy terrain'
'the sloughy edge of the pond'
'swampy bayous'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Sloughy

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noun

1.

a hollow filled with mud; bog

2. (sluː ) US and Canadian

a.

(in the prairies) a large hole where water collects or the water in such a hole

b.

(in the northwest) a sluggish side channel of a river

c.

(on the Pacific coast) a marshy saltwater inlet

3.

despair or degradation

noun

1.

any outer covering that is shed, such as the dead outer layer of the skin of a snake, the cellular debris in a wound, etc

2. Also: sluff bridge

a discarded card

verb

3. (often foll by off)

to shed (a skin, etc) or (of a skin, etc) to be shed

4. Also: sluff bridge

to discard (a card or cards)

noun

1.

an industrial town in SE central England, in Slough unitary authority, Berkshire; food products, high-tech industries. Pop: 126 276 (2001)

2.

a unitary authority in SE central England, in Berkshire. Pop: 118 800 (2003 est). Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles)

Sloughy

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noun

1.

the skin of a snake, esp. the outer layer that is periodically cast off

2.

any castoff layer, covering, etc.

often used figuratively

3. Medicine

a mass of dead tissue in, or separating from, living tissue or an ulceration

verb intransitive

4.

a.

to be shed, cast off, or discarded; come off

b.

to drop off; become fewer or less

5.

to shed skin or other covering

6. Medicine

to separate from the surrounding tissue

said of dead tissue

verb transitive

7.

to shed or throw (off) as or like slough; get rid of

8. Bridge

to get rid of (a card); discard

noun

1.

a place, as a hollow, full of soft, deep mud

2.

deep, hopeless dejection or discouragement

3.

moral degradation

4.

a swamp, bog, or marsh, esp. one that is part of an inlet or backwater

Sloughy

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n.

1. A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire.

2. also slue A swamp, marsh, bog, or pond, especially as part of a bayou, inlet, or backwater.

3. A state of deep despair or moral degradation.

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