Definition of slough

• a. - Slow.
• n. - A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
• n. - A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
• - imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
• n. - The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
• n. - The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
• 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.
• v. t. - To cast off; to discard as refuse.