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Definitions for Sluff

[1] slough2.
[2] the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
[3] Pathology . a mass or layer of dead tissue separated from the surrounding or underlying tissue.
[4] anything that is shed or cast off.
[5] Cards . a discard.
[6] to be or become shed or cast off, as the slough of a snake.
[7] to cast off a slough.
[8] Pathology . to separate from the sound flesh, as a slough.
[9] Cards . to discard a card or cards.
[10] to dispose or get rid of; cast (often followed by off ): to slough off a bad habit.
[11] to shed as or like a slough.
[12] Cards . to discard (cards).
[13] slough over , to treat as slight or trivial: to slough over a friend's mistake.
[14] bridge a variant spelling of slough 2
[15] an industrial town in SE central England, in Slough unitary authority, Berkshire; food products, high-tech industries. Pop: 126 276 (2001)
[16] a unitary authority in SE central England, in Berkshire. Pop: 118 800 (2003 est). Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles)
[17] a hollow filled with mud; bog
[18] (sluː ) US and Canadian (in the prairies) a large hole where water collects or the water in such a hole (in the northwest) a sluggish side channel of a river (on the Pacific coast) a marshy saltwater inlet
[19] despair or degradation
[20] any outer covering that is shed, such as the dead outer layer of the skin of a snake, the cellular debris in a wound, etc
[21] Also: sluff bridge a discarded card
[22] (often foll by off) to shed (a skin, etc) or (of a skin, etc) to be shed
[23] Also: sluff bridge to discard (a card or cards)

Words nearby Sluff

sludge, sludgeworm, sludging, sludgy, slue, sluff, slug, slugabed, slugfest, sluggard, sluggardly

Origin of Sluff

ough21250–1300; Middle English slughe, slouh skin of a snake; cognate with German Schlauch skin, bag

Other words from Sluff

slough·i·ness , noun
slough·y , adjective
un·sloughed , adjective
un·slough·ing , adjective

Word origin for Sluff

oughC13: of Germanic origin; compare Middle Low German slū husk, German Schlauch hose, Norwegian slō fleshy part of a horn