slough

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• /slaʊ/
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• General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /slʌf/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /slɐf/
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• Northern-England: /slʊf/
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• US: slou
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• US: slo͞o
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• US: /slaʊ/
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• US: /sluː/
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From Middle English Slo, perhaps related to the noun slough (“marsh”) (referring to the land) or to sloe (referring to bushes).

From Middle English slogh, slugh, slouh, from Proto-Germanic *sluk-, perhaps related to *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”) (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan)). Akin to Middle Low German slô (“sheath, skin on a hoof”). Perhaps also related with Old Saxon slūk (“snakeskin”), Middle High German slūch, whence German Schlauch (“waterskin, hose”).

From Middle English slough (“muddy place; swamp; mire”), Old English slōh, probably from Proto-Germanic *slōhaz.

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: سَلْخ (salḵ) — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Armenian: խորխ (xorx) — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Assamese: মোট (müt) — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Czech: svlečka — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Danish: ham — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Finnish: (luotu) nahka — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• French: mue — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• German: abgestreifte Haut — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Ancient Greek: λεβηρίς (lebērís) — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Ancient Greek: σῦφαρ (sûphar) — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Hebrew: נשל — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Latin: vernatio — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Malayalam: പടം (paṭaṁ) — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Old English: insmoh — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Polish: wylinka — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Russian: вы́ползок (výpolzok) — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Russian: вы́ползина (výpolzina) — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Serbo-Croatian: svlak — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Serbo-Croatian: zmijska košuljica — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Swedish: ömsa — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Thai: คราบ (krâap) — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Turkish: yılan kavı — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Turkish: kav — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Turkish: yılan gömleği — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Ottoman Turkish: ییلان قاوی (yılan kavı) — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Ottoman Turkish: قاو (kav) — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Ottoman Turkish: سلخ (selh) — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Welsh: hengroen — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Welsh: croen marw — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Welsh: croen wedi'i fwrw — the skin shed by a snake or other reptile
• Armenian: խորխ (xorx) — dead skin on a sore or ulcer
• Bulgarian: струпей (strupej) — dead skin on a sore or ulcer
• Finnish: rupi — dead skin on a sore or ulcer
• Finnish: kuollut iho — dead skin on a sore or ulcer
• French: escarre — dead skin on a sore or ulcer
• German: Schorf — dead skin on a sore or ulcer
• German: Kruste — dead skin on a sore or ulcer
• Polish: martwa skóra — dead skin on a sore or ulcer
• Russian: струп (strup) — dead skin on a sore or ulcer
• Russian: коро́ста (korósta) — dead skin on a sore or ulcer
• Serbo-Croatian: krasta — dead skin on a sore or ulcer
• Serbo-Croatian: eshara — dead skin on a sore or ulcer
• Bulgarian: мочурище (močurište) — muddy or marshy area
• Bulgarian: тресавище (tresavište) — muddy or marshy area
• Czech: močál — muddy or marshy area
• Czech: bažina — muddy or marshy area
• Finnish: suo — muddy or marshy area
• Finnish: räme — muddy or marshy area
• Galician: lamazal — muddy or marshy area
• Galician: bulleiro — muddy or marshy area
• Galician: trollo — muddy or marshy area
• Galician: braña — muddy or marshy area
• Irish: seascann — muddy or marshy area
• Latin: lama — muddy or marshy area
• Latin: palus — muddy or marshy area
• Norwegian: myr — muddy or marshy area
• Norwegian: gjørmehull — muddy or marshy area
• Polish: bagno — muddy or marshy area
• Portuguese: atoleiro — muddy or marshy area
• Portuguese: lamaçal — muddy or marshy area
• Portuguese: pântano — muddy or marshy area
• Scottish Gaelic: clàbar — muddy or marshy area
• Ottoman Turkish: باتاق (batak) — muddy or marshy area
• Ottoman Turkish: خلاش (hılaş) — muddy or marshy area
• Bulgarian: блато (blato) — type of swamp or shallow lake system
• Bulgarian: ръкав (rǎkav) — secondary channel of a river delta
• Finnish: sivuhaara — secondary channel of a river delta
• Spanish: zanja — secondary channel of a river delta
• Bulgarian: униние (uninie) — state of depression
• Finnish: masennus — state of depression
• Russian: подавленность (podavlennostʹ) — state of depression
• Spanish: agüite — state of depression
• Arabic: اِنْسَلَخَ (insalaḵa) — to shed (skin)
• Arabic: سَلَخَ (salaḵa) — to shed (skin)
• Bulgarian: лющя (ljuštja) — to shed (skin)
• Czech: svléci (kůži) — to shed (skin)
• Finnish: luoda nahkansa — to shed (skin)
• German: sich häuten — to shed (skin)
• German: abwerfen — to shed (skin)
• Hungarian: vedlik — to shed (skin)
• Māori: kautahanga — to shed (skin)
• Māori: whakamāunu — to shed (skin)
• Russian: сбра́сывать (sbrásyvatʹ) — to shed (skin)
• Russian: сбро́сить (sbrósitʹ) — to shed (skin)
• Serbo-Croatian: oderati — to shed (skin)
• Swedish: ömsa — to shed (skin)
• Thai: ลอกคราบ (lɔ̂ɔk-krâap) — to shed (skin)
• Ukrainian: скидати (skydaty) — to shed (skin)
• Bulgarian: лющя се (ljuštja se) — of skin, to be shed
• Czech: loupat se — of skin, to be shed
• Czech: odlupovat se — of skin, to be shed
• Czech: oloupat se — of skin, to be shed
• Finnish: kesiä — of skin, to be shed
• German: sich lösen — of skin, to be shed
• Māori: whakamāunu — of skin, to be shed
• Russian: сходи́ть (sxodítʹ) — of skin, to be shed
• Russian: сойти́ (sojtí) — of skin, to be shed
• Ukrainian: лущитися (luščytysja) — of skin, to be shed
• Ukrainian: линяти (lynjaty) — of skin, to be shed
• Bulgarian: чистя (čistja) — card games: to discard
• Czech: odhodit — card games: to discard
• Finnish: sakata — card games: to discard
• Russian: сбра́сывать (sbrásyvatʹ) — card games: to discard
• Russian: сбро́сить (sbrósitʹ) — card games: to discard
• Swedish: kasta — card games: to discard
• Ukrainian: скидати (skydaty) — card games: to discard
• Bulgarian: чупя се (čupja se) — to commit truancy
• Finnish: lintsata — to commit truancy
• German: schwänzen — to commit truancy
• Russian: прогу́ливать (progúlivatʹ) — to commit truancy
• Russian: прогу́лять (progúljatʹ) — to commit truancy
• Swedish: skolka — to commit truancy