plural of slough

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of slough

The skin shed by a snake or other reptile. / Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

(Britain) A muddy or marshy area. / (Eastern United States) 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.

(transitive) To shed (skin). / (intransitive) To slide off (like a layer of skin). / (transitive, card games) To discard.

A town in east Berkshire, England (formerly Buckinghamshire), close to Heathrow Airport. / A borough and unitary authority (Slough Borough Council) in Berkshire.

simple past tense and past participle of slough

Something sloughed off. / (zoology) The act of casting off the skin or shell; ecdysis.

present participle of slough

plural of sloughing