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(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.

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(Western North America) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide

The Sacramento River Delta contains dozens of sloughs that are often used for water-skiing and fishing.

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The skin shed by a snake or other reptile

That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.

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{n} a deep miry place, the skin which a serpent casts off
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A town in west London, close to Heathrow Airport
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of Slee, to slay
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To cast off; to discard as refuse
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a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
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An open water inlet from a larger body of water
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A state of depression
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To shed (skin)
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{i} swamp, bog; hole or depression filled with mud; despair, dejected state
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The action taken by a defender when he moves away from his opponent to help defend in another area TOP
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A swamp, bog, or marsh, especially one that is part of an inlet or backwater
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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
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Dead skin on a sore or ulcer
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A marshland or estuary where fresh water meets the sea
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A slow moving body of water usually with one end open to the main water body
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{f} shed dead skin or tissue; abandon, throw off, get rid of; come off
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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
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Slough College of Higher Education, now part of Thames Valley University
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A muddy or marshy area
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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
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A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide
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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
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The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal
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A small muddy marshland or tidal waterway which usually connects other tidal areas
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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)
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necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
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When a defender drops off the offensive player to help guard the hole, usually looking ot steal the bad pass
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(i) A swamp or shallow lake system in northern and midwestern USA (ii) A slowly flowly shallow swamp or marsh in southeastern USA
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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
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A swamp or shallow lake system with standing water
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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
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A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire
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A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river
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Slow
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a hollow filled with mud
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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
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The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification
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swampy area or backwaters
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Slew
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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
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A stagnant swamp,marsh,bog,or pond (especially as a backwater)
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Silt and organic debris that have slide down onto the trail
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cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every Spring"
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any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)
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