Synonyms of sloughs

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noun

variants also slews or slues

plural of slough

as in marshes

spongy land saturated or partially covered with water

the land for miles around the lake is strewn with ponds, sloughs, and mudflats

Synonyms & Similar Words

• marshes
• wetlands
• swamps
• bogs
• washes
• marshlands
• muskegs
• swamplands
• muds
• fens
• morasses
• mires
• moors
• swales
• sludges
• quagmires
• oozes
• muck
• gooks
• slimes
• gucks
• slop
• slush

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verb (1)

present tense third-person singular of slough

as in shuffles

to move heavily or clumsily

the unpleasant task of sloughing through the muck to retrieve the ball

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffles
• stumbles
• stomps
• barges
• clumps
• lumps
• stumps
• flounders
• tramps
• lurches
• weaves
• hauls
• trudges
• shambles
• stamps
• pounds
• drags
• scuffs
• slogs
• plods
• lumbers
• galumphs
• scuffles
• staggers
• flogs
• flops
• waddles
• sways
• tromps
• reels
• wabbles
• blunders
• totters
• dodders
• teeters
• careens
• wobbles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• slides
• glides
• waltzes
• floats
• drifts
• whisks
• coasts
• hangs
• hovers
• breezes
• wafts
• poises

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verb (2)

variants also sluffs

present tense third-person singular of slough

as in sheds

to cast (a natural bodily covering or appendage) aside

the snake is sloughing its old skin

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sheds
• slips
• peels
• scales
• discards
• molts
• ditches
• exfoliates
• flakes
• unloads
• scraps
• flings (off or away)
• throws away
• chucks
• jettisons
• junks
• throws out
• shucks (off)