Slough

  1. Proper noun.  A town in west London, close to Heathrow Airport.
  2. Noun.  The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
  3. Noun.  Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
  4. Verb.  (transitive) To shed (skin).
  5. Noun.  (British) A muddy or marshy area.
  6. Noun.  (italbrac, 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.
  7. Noun.  (italbrac, Western North America) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
  8. Noun.  A state of depression.

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