[{"word":"sloughs","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful."},{"definition":"Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To shed (skin).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Snakes slough their skin periodically."},{"definition":"To slide off (like a layer of skin).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off."},{"definition":"To discard.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"East sloughed a heart."},{"definition":"(Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"\"Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!\""}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A muddy or marshy area.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough."},{"definition":"(Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A state of depression.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"John is in a slough."},{"definition":"A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Potholes or sloughs formed by a glacier’s retreat from the central plains of North America, are now known to be some of the world’s most productive ecosystems."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slough","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sloughs"]}]