"slough" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /slʌf/ Audio: en-us-slough2.ogg [US] Forms: sloughs [plural]
enPR: slŭf Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: From Middle English slogh, slugh, slouh, from Proto-Germanic *sluk-, perhaps related to *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”) (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan)). Akin to Middle Low German slô (“sheath, skin on a hoof”). Perhaps also related with Old Saxon slūk (“snakeskin”), Middle High German slūch, whence German Schlauch (“waterskin, hose”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|slogh}} Middle English slogh, {{m|enm|slugh}} slugh, {{m|enm|slouh}} slouh, {{der|en|gem-pro|*sluk-}} Proto-Germanic *sluk-, {{m|gem-pro|*sleupaną|t=to slip, sneak}} *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan), {{cog|gml|slô|t=sheath, skin on a hoof}} Middle Low German slô (“sheath, skin on a hoof”), {{cog|osx|slūk|t=snakeskin}} Old Saxon slūk (“snakeskin”), {{cog|gmh|slūch}} Middle High German slūch, {{cog|de|Schlauch|t=waterskin, hose}} German Schlauch (“waterskin, hose”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} slough (countable and uncountable, plural sloughs)
  1. The skin shed by a snake or other reptile. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the skin shed by a snake or other reptile): λεβηρίς (lebērís) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), σῦφαρ (sûphar) [neuter] (Ancient Greek), سَلْخ (salḵ) [masculine] (Arabic), խորխ (xorx) (Armenian), ham [common-gender] (Danish), (luotu) nahka (Finnish), mue [feminine] (French), abgestreifte Haut (english: descriptive term) (German), נשל [masculine] (Hebrew), vernatio [feminine] (Latin), പടം (paṭaṁ) (Malayalam), insmoh [masculine] (Old English), ییلان قاوی (yılan kavı) (Ottoman Turkish), قاو (kav) (Ottoman Turkish), سلخ (selh) (Ottoman Turkish), wylinka [feminine] (Polish), вы́ползок (výpolzok) [masculine] (Russian), svlak [masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), zmijska košuljica [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), ömsa (Swedish), คราบ (krâap) (Thai), yılan kavı (Turkish), hengroen [masculine] (Welsh), croen marw [masculine] (Welsh), croen wedi'i fwrw [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-slough-en-noun-e-gMaGyl Disambiguation of 'the skin shed by a snake or other reptile': 97 3
  2. Dead skin on a sore or ulcer. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (dead skin on a sore or ulcer): խորխ (xorx) (Armenian), струпей (strupej) [masculine] (Bulgarian), rupi (Finnish), kuollut iho (Finnish), escarre [feminine] (French), Schorf [masculine] (German), Kruste [feminine] (German), martwa skóra [feminine] (Polish), струп (strup) [masculine] (Russian), коро́ста (korósta) [feminine] (Russian), krasta [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), eshara [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-slough-en-noun-963-B~LV Disambiguation of 'dead skin on a sore or ulcer': 3 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sluff
Etymology number: 1

Noun [English]

IPA: /slaʊ/, /slaʊ/ [US], /sluː/ [US] Audio: en-us-slough1.ogg [US] Forms: sloughs [plural]
enPR: slou Rhymes: -aʊ, -aʊ, -uː Etymology: From Old English slōh, probably from Proto-Germanic *slōhaz. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|slōh}} Old English slōh, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*slōhaz}} Proto-Germanic *slōhaz Head templates: {{en-noun}} slough (plural sloughs)
  1. (British) A muddy or marshy area. Tags: British Translations (muddy or marshy area): мочурище (močurište) (Bulgarian), тресавище (tresavište) [neuter] (Bulgarian), suo (Finnish), räme (Finnish), lamazal [masculine] (Galician), bulleiro [masculine] (Galician), trollo [masculine] (Galician), braña [feminine] (Galician), seascann [masculine] (Irish), lama [feminine] (Latin), palus [feminine] (Latin), myr [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian), gjørmehull [neuter] (Norwegian), باتاق (batak) (Ottoman Turkish), خلاش (hılaş) (Ottoman Turkish), bagno [neuter] (Polish), atoleiro [masculine] (Portuguese), lamaçal [masculine] (Portuguese), pântano [masculine] (Portuguese), clàbar [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic)
    Sense id: en-slough-en-noun-en:marsh Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'muddy or marshy area': 97 2 1 0 1
  2. (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. Tags: Eastern, US Categories (topical): Water Categories (place): Bodies of water Translations (type of swamp or shallow lake system): блато (blato) [neuter] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-slough-en-noun-aRfIT4qj Disambiguation of Water: 1 3 5 24 4 6 12 4 18 10 14 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 3 2 9 21 4 4 11 2 22 6 15 Disambiguation of 'type of swamp or shallow lake system': 4 89 1 2 4
  3. (Western US) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide. Tags: US, Western Translations (secondary channel of a river delta): ръкав (rǎkav) [masculine] (Bulgarian), sivuhaara (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-slough-en-noun-bBj7GkVM Categories (other): Western US English Disambiguation of 'secondary channel of a river delta': 0 0 100 0 0
  4. A state of depression. Translations (state of depression): униние (uninie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), masennus (Finnish), подавленность (podavlennostʹ) [feminine, singular] (Russian), agüite [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-slough-en-noun-d5YAR8is Disambiguation of 'state of depression': 1 1 0 97 1
  5. (Canadian Prairies) A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes. Tags: Canadian-Prairies Categories (place): Bodies of water
    Sense id: en-slough-en-noun-Jk6TqS9K Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 3 2 9 21 4 4 11 2 22 6 15 Categories (other): Canadian Prairies English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: sloughgrass, slough of despond, sloughy, slough hay, slough shark
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /slʌf/ Audio: en-us-slough2.ogg [US] Forms: sloughs [present, singular, third-person], sloughing [participle, present], sloughed [participle, past], sloughed [past]
enPR: slŭf Rhymes: -ʌf Etymology: From Middle English slogh, slugh, slouh, from Proto-Germanic *sluk-, perhaps related to *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”) (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan)). Akin to Middle Low German slô (“sheath, skin on a hoof”). Perhaps also related with Old Saxon slūk (“snakeskin”), Middle High German slūch, whence German Schlauch (“waterskin, hose”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|slogh}} Middle English slogh, {{m|enm|slugh}} slugh, {{m|enm|slouh}} slouh, {{der|en|gem-pro|*sluk-}} Proto-Germanic *sluk-, {{m|gem-pro|*sleupaną|t=to slip, sneak}} *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”), {{cog|got|𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽}} Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan), {{cog|gml|slô|t=sheath, skin on a hoof}} Middle Low German slô (“sheath, skin on a hoof”), {{cog|osx|slūk|t=snakeskin}} Old Saxon slūk (“snakeskin”), {{cog|gmh|slūch}} Middle High German slūch, {{cog|de|Schlauch|t=waterskin, hose}} German Schlauch (“waterskin, hose”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} slough (third-person singular simple present sloughs, present participle sloughing, simple past and past participle sloughed)
  1. (transitive) To shed skin or outer layers. Tags: transitive Translations (of skin, to be shed): лющя се (ljuštja se) (Bulgarian), loupat se [imperfective] (Czech), odlupovat se [imperfective] (Czech), oloupat se [perfective] (Czech), kesiä (Finnish), sich lösen (German), whakamāunu (Maori), сходи́ть (sxodítʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сойти́ (sojtí) [perfective] (Russian), лущитися (luščytysja) (Ukrainian), линяти (lynjaty) (Ukrainian) Translations (to shed (skin)): اِنْسَلَخَ (insalaḵa) [intransitive] (Arabic), سَلَخَ (salaḵa) [transitive] (Arabic), лющя (ljuštja) (Bulgarian), svléci kůži (Czech), luoda nahkansa (Finnish), sich häuten (German), abwerfen (German), vedlik (Hungarian), kautahanga (Maori), whakamāunu (Maori), сбра́сывать (sbrásyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сбро́сить (sbrósitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), oderati (Serbo-Croatian), ömsa (Swedish), ลอกคราบ (lɔ̂ɔk-krâap) (Thai), скидати (skydaty) (alt: шкіру) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-slough-en-verb-Lb5EMKy0 Disambiguation of 'of skin, to be shed': 58 28 0 14 Disambiguation of 'to shed (skin)': 84 8 0 8
  2. (intransitive) To slide off or flake off, as an outer layer, such as skin, might do. Tags: intransitive Categories (topical): Skin Categories (place): Bodies of water, Landforms
    Sense id: en-slough-en-verb-3YKhUUsJ Disambiguation of Skin: 10 15 3 7 1 14 5 8 25 4 8 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 3 2 9 21 4 4 11 2 22 6 15 Disambiguation of Landforms: 4 2 11 17 8 5 10 3 23 6 9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English heteronyms Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 1 1 6 9 1 4 10 3 38 10 18 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 1 2 8 8 2 5 16 4 31 9 15 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 1 2 7 9 3 6 11 5 30 10 16 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 1 3 11 9 3 8 9 3 31 8 14
  3. (transitive, card games) To discard. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Card games Translations (card games: to discard): чистя (čistja) (Bulgarian), odhodit [perfective] (Czech), sakata (Finnish), сбра́сывать (sbrásyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), сбро́сить (sbrósitʹ) [perfective] (Russian), kasta (Swedish), скидати (skydaty) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-slough-en-verb-NBbf4Ous Topics: card-games, games Disambiguation of 'card games: to discard': 2 17 67 14
  4. (intransitive, slang, Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. Tags: US, Western, intransitive, slang Categories (place): Bodies of water Synonyms: ditch Translations (to commit truancy): lintsata (Finnish), schwänzen (German), прогу́ливать (progúlivatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), прогу́лять (progúljatʹ) [perfective] (Russian), skolka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-slough-en-verb-oPWouLr1 Disambiguation of Bodies of water: 3 2 9 21 4 4 11 2 22 6 15 Categories (other): Western US English Disambiguation of 'to commit truancy': 2 10 5 82
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sluff Derived forms: slough off, sloughage
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful."
        }
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "salḵ",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "سَلْخ"
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
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          "roman": "xorx",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "word": "խորխ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "ham"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "word": "(luotu) nahka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mue"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "de",
          "english": "descriptive term",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "word": "abgestreifte Haut"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "lebērís",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "λεβηρίς"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "grc",
          "lang": "Ancient Greek",
          "roman": "sûphar",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "σῦφαρ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "נשל"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vernatio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "paṭaṁ",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "word": "പടം"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "insmoh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "yılan kavı",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "word": "ییلان قاوی"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "kav",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "word": "قاو"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "selh",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "word": "سلخ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wylinka"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "výpolzok",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "вы́ползок"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "svlak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zmijska košuljica"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "word": "ömsa"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "krâap",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "word": "คราบ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "word": "yılan kavı"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "hengroen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "croen marw"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "the skin shed by a snake or other reptile",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "croen wedi'i fwrw"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Dead skin on a sore or ulcer."
      ],
      "id": "en-slough-en-noun-963-B~LV",
      "links": [
        [
          "sore",
          "sore"
        ],
        [
          "ulcer",
          "ulcer"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "xorx",
          "sense": "dead skin on a sore or ulcer",
          "word": "խորխ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "strupej",
          "sense": "dead skin on a sore or ulcer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "струпей"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dead skin on a sore or ulcer",
          "word": "rupi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "dead skin on a sore or ulcer",
          "word": "kuollut iho"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "dead skin on a sore or ulcer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "escarre"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dead skin on a sore or ulcer",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Schorf"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 97",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "dead skin on a sore or ulcer",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Kruste"
        },
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      "code": "hy",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "dead skin on a sore or ulcer",
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "de",
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}

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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "British English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A muddy or marshy area."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British) A muddy or marshy area."
      ],
      "senseid": [
        "en:marsh"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "British"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "swamp",
          "swamp"
        ],
        [
          "lake",
          "lake"
        ],
        [
          "system",
          "system"
        ],
        [
          "backwater",
          "backwater"
        ],
        [
          "waterway",
          "waterway"
        ],
        [
          "bayou",
          "bayou"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Eastern",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "Western US English"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Sacramento River Delta contains dozens of sloughs that are often used for water-skiing and fishing.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "delta",
          "delta"
        ],
        [
          "tide",
          "tide"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Western US) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "Western"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "John is in a slough.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A state of depression."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "depression",
          "depression"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Canadian Prairies English",
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pond",
          "pond"
        ],
        [
          "alkaline",
          "alkaline"
        ],
        [
          "pothole",
          "pothole"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canadian Prairies) A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canadian-Prairies"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/slaʊ/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/slaʊ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/sluː/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aʊ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-uː"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-slough1.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/f/f9/En-us-slough1.ogg/En-us-slough1.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/En-us-slough1.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "slou"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "močurište",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "word": "мочурище"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "tresavište",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "тресавище"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "word": "suo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "word": "räme"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lamazal"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bulleiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "trollo"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "braña"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "seascann"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lama"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "palus"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "myr"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "gjørmehull"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "batak",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "word": "باتاق"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "hılaş",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "word": "خلاش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "bagno"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "atoleiro"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lamaçal"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pântano"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "muddy or marshy area",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clàbar"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "blato",
      "sense": "type of swamp or shallow lake system",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "блато"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "rǎkav",
      "sense": "secondary channel of a river delta",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ръкав"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "secondary channel of a river delta",
      "word": "sivuhaara"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "uninie",
      "sense": "state of depression",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "униние"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "state of depression",
      "word": "masennus"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podavlennostʹ",
      "sense": "state of depression",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ],
      "word": "подавленность"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "state of depression",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "agüite"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Maxwell Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota",
    "slough (hydrology)"
  ],
  "word": "slough"
}

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