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slough

[slau]
1. сущ.
  1. топкое, вязкое, затапливаемое место (участок на дороге, по которому невозможно проехать)
  2. амер.
    1. болото, трясина, топь
    2. русло реки, периодически заполняемое водой
2. гл.
  1. завязнуть в болоте, трясине, грязи
  2. разг.
    сажать, заключать в тюрьму; лишать свободы
[slʌf] брит. / амер.
1. сущ.
  1. 1. сброшенная кожа (змеи и др. рептилий)
    2. оболочка гусеницы, сбрасываемая при превращении её в куколку
  2. характерная черта, свойство, от которых избавляются; забытая привычка
  3. одежда, платье; одеяние
  4. 1. поверхностный слой, покров, оболочка
    2. диал. шелуха, скорлупа, оболочка
  5. мед.
    струп; короста
2. гл.
  1. 1. = slough off, = slough away сходить (о коже), шелушиться; опадать
    2. сбрасывать кожу, оболочку (о змее)
  2. покрываться струпьями
  3. = slough off бросать (привычку), избавляться (от чего-л.)
  4. карт.
    сбрасывать карту
  5. (slough over) считать маловажным; принижать значение (чего-л.)

Biology (En-Ru)

slough

выползок, сброшенная кожа (змей)
влажная болотистая местность; топь, трясина
заводь (на реке)
осыпаться (о цветках, плодах)

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“I would I had dared to tell him further,” he thought; “for I fear he has miscarried in the slough.”
«Нужно было рассказать ему все гораздо подробнее, — думал он. — Боюсь, он погиб в болоте».
Stevenson, Robert Louis / The Black ArrowСтивенсон, Роберт Луис / Чёрная стрела.
Чёрная стрела.
Стивенсон, Роберт Луис
© Издательство "Правда", 1981
The Black Arrow
Stevenson, Robert Louis
© 1889, by Charles Scribner's Sons

As a result no political mechanism has so far arisen to slough off the old, the outworn, the no-longer-productive in government.
Именно поэтому в государстве до сих пор не появилось ни одного политического механизма, который пришел бы на смену устаревшей, неэффективной и непродуктивной практике управления, существующей ныне.
Drucker, Peter F. / The Essential DruckerДрукер, Питер Ф. / Энциклопедия менеджмента
Энциклопедия менеджмента
Друкер, Питер Ф.
© Издательский дом "Вильямс", 2004
© Peter F. Drucker, 2001
The Essential Drucker
Drucker, Peter F.
© 2001 by Peter F. Drucker

He then threw their bodies into the dry bed of the nearby slough.
После чего выбросил их тела в полувысохшее русло близлежащей реки.
Connelly, Michael / Echo ParkКоннелли, Майкл / Эхо-парк
Эхо-парк
Коннелли, Майкл
© Hieronymus, Inc., 2006
© Перевод Н.А. Кудашевой, 2008
© ООО Издательство "АСТ МОСКВА", 2009
Echo Park
Connelly, Michael
© 2006 by Hieronymus, Inc.

I only wish you to know, that there is one person at least sorry to see a youth of talents and expectations sink into the slough in which the inhabitants of this house are nightly wallowing."
Я хочу только дать вам понять, что в замке есть человек, которому все-таки обидно видеть, как способный, одаренный юноша готов погрязнуть в болоте, в котором каждый вечер полощутся обитатели этого дома.
Scott, Walter / Rob RoyСкотт, Вальтер / Роб Рой
Роб Рой
Скотт, Вальтер
© Издательство "ЛЕНИЗДАТ", 1953
Rob Roy
Scott, Walter
© 2007 BiblioBazaar

I slough off my backpack, then take off my sunglasses and cap.
Я скинул с плеч рюкзак, снял солнечные очки и кепку.
Murakami, Haruki / Kafka on the shoreМураками, Харуки / Кафка на пляже
Кафка на пляже
Мураками, Харуки
© Haruki Murakami, 2002
© Перевод. С. Логачев, И. Логачев, 2005
© ООО «Издательство «Эксмо», 2005
Kafka on the shore
Murakami, Haruki
© 2005 by Haruki Murakami

Rebus reeking of cigarettes, wanting to slough it all off.
Насквозь прокуренный, Ребус мечтал смыть с себя все это.
Rankin, Ian / A Question of BloodРэнкин, Иэн / Вопрос крови
Вопрос крови
Рэнкин, Иэн
© 2003 by John Rebus Limited
© Е. Осенева, перевод на русский язык, 2008
© ООО "Издательская группа Аттикус", Издательство "Иностранка", 2008
A Question of Blood
Rankin, Ian
© 2003 by John Rebus Limited

Perhaps this was a part of the mind’s sloughing.
Возможно, и это объяснялось забывчивостью ума.
Faulkner, William / Light in AugustФолкнер, Уильям / Свет в августе
Свет в августе
Фолкнер, Уильям
© Издательство "Художественная литература", 1985
Light in August
Faulkner, William
© 1932 by William Faulkner
© renewed 1959 by William Faulkner

Our shoes were squeaking and sloughing water.
Обувь хлюпала от набравшейся в нее воды, но теперь нам было важно только одно.
Patterson, James / Roses Are RedПаттерсон, Джеймс / Розы красные
Розы красные
Паттерсон, Джеймс
© James Patterson, 2000
© Издательство ЭТП, 2003
Roses Are Red
Patterson, James
© 2000 by James Patterson

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slauNounтопкое; вязкое; затапливаемое место

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Collocations

skin slough

некроз кожи

skin slough

струп

to slough

некротизироваться

slough off

отбрасывать

slough of despond

трясина отчаяния

the Slough of Despond

пучина отчаяния

the Slough of Despond

Трясина Отчаяния

sloughing phagedena

пролежень

sloughing ulcer

прогрессирующая язва

sloughing ulcer

фагеденическая язва

sloughing phagedena

внутрибольничная гангрена

sloughing phagedena

гангрена от пролежня

sloughing phagedena

госпитальная гангрена

sloughing phagedena

травматический дифтерит

sloughing rock

осыпающаяся порода

Word forms

slough

noun

	Singular	Plural
Common case	slough	sloughs
Possessive case	slough's	sloughs'

slough

verb

Basic forms
Past	sloughed
Imperative	slough
Present Participle (Participle I)	sloughing
Past Participle (Participle II)	sloughed

Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I slough	we slough
you slough	you slough
he/she/it sloughs	they slough

Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am sloughing	we are sloughing
you are sloughing	you are sloughing
he/she/it is sloughing	they are sloughing

Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have sloughed	we have sloughed
you have sloughed	you have sloughed
he/she/it has sloughed	they have sloughed

Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been sloughing	we have been sloughing
you have been sloughing	you have been sloughing
he/she/it has been sloughing	they have been sloughing

Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I sloughed	we sloughed
you sloughed	you sloughed
he/she/it sloughed	they sloughed

Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was sloughing	we were sloughing
you were sloughing	you were sloughing
he/she/it was sloughing	they were sloughing

Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had sloughed	we had sloughed
you had sloughed	you had sloughed
he/she/it had sloughed	they had sloughed

Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been sloughing	we had been sloughing
you had been sloughing	you had been sloughing
he/she/it had been sloughing	they had been sloughing

Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will slough	we shall/will slough
you will slough	you will slough
he/she/it will slough	they will slough

Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be sloughing	we shall/will be sloughing
you will be sloughing	you will be sloughing
he/she/it will be sloughing	they will be sloughing

Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have sloughed	we shall/will have sloughed
you will have sloughed	you will have sloughed
he/she/it will have sloughed	they will have sloughed

Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been sloughing	we shall/will have been sloughing
you will have been sloughing	you will have been sloughing
he/she/it will have been sloughing	they will have been sloughing

Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would slough	we should/would slough
you would slough	you would slough
he/she/it would slough	they would slough

Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be sloughing	we should/would be sloughing
you would be sloughing	you would be sloughing
he/she/it would be sloughing	they would be sloughing

Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have sloughed	we should/would have sloughed
you would have sloughed	you would have sloughed
he/she/it would have sloughed	they would have sloughed

Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been sloughing	we should/would have been sloughing
you would have been sloughing	you would have been sloughing
he/she/it would have been sloughing	they would have been sloughing

Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am sloughed	we are sloughed
you are sloughed	you are sloughed
he/she/it is sloughed	they are sloughed

Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being sloughed	we are being sloughed
you are being sloughed	you are being sloughed
he/she/it is being sloughed	they are being sloughed

Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been sloughed	we have been sloughed
you have been sloughed	you have been sloughed
he/she/it has been sloughed	they have been sloughed

Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was sloughed	we were sloughed
you were sloughed	you were sloughed
he/she/it was sloughed	they were sloughed

Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being sloughed	we were being sloughed
you were being sloughed	you were being sloughed
he/she/it was being sloughed	they were being sloughed

Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been sloughed	we had been sloughed
you had been sloughed	you had been sloughed
he/she/it had been sloughed	they had been sloughed

Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be sloughed	we shall/will be sloughed
you will be sloughed	you will be sloughed
he/she/it will be sloughed	they will be sloughed

Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been sloughed	we shall/will have been sloughed
you will have been sloughed	you will have been sloughed
he/she/it will have been sloughed	they will have been sloughed

The Universal DictionaryIt is intended for a full-text search and it significantly expands the possibilities of working with lexical items from the Russian glossary of LingvoUniversal. Contains usage examples, synonyms, and antonyms.

slough

Biology (En-Ru)

slough

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slough

slough

The Universal Dictionary
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