English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of slough

slough

/noun/ केंचुली; दलदल; कीचड़; आशाहीन अवस्था; खिन्नता; उदासी; चोइयाँ; घसाव; सांप की केंचुल;

Synonym snakeskin; bog; mud; hopelessness; nostalgia; sadness; scurf;

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English Dictionary:

1. Slough

- imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

2. Slough

[a.]

- Slow.

3. Slough

[n.]

- A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
- A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
- The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
- The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.

4. Slough

[v. i.]

- 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.

5. Slough

[v. t.]

- To cast off; to discard as refuse.