SLOUGH AWAY/DOWN

Meaning of SLOUGH AWAY/DOWN in English

(of soil or rock) collapse or slide into a hole or depression.

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Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004

SLOUGH — I. ˈslü, ˈslau̇ sometimes ˈsləf noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English slogh, from Old English slōh; akin to Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English doun hill, from Old English dūn; akin to Middle Dutch dūne …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AWAY — I. əˈwā adverb Etymology: Middle English away, on way, from Old English aweg, onweg, from a- (I) , on + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SLOUGH — (v. i.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often …
Английский словарь Webster
SLOUGH — ( v. i. ) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
SLOUGH — slough 1 /slow/ for 1, 2, 4; /slooh/ for 3 , n. 1. an area of soft, muddy ground; swamp …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
DOWN — down 1 /down/ , adv. 1. from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AWAY — /euh way"/ , adv. 1. from this or that place; off: to go away. 2. aside; to another place; in …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SLOUGH — I. ˈslü, ˈslau̇; in the US ( exc NewEng ) ˈslü is usual for sense 1 with those to whom …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
DOWN — I. ˈdau̇n adverb Etymology: Middle English doun, from Old English dūne, short for adūne, of dūne, from a- (from of …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
AWAY — I. ə-ˈwā adverb Date: before 12th century 1. : on the way : along get away early 2. : from …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SLOUGH — imp. of slee, to slay. slew. 2. slough ·adj slow. 3. slough ·vt to cast off; to discard as refuse. …
Webster English vocab
DOWN — adj downcast; as, a down look. 2. down ·adv from a remoter or higher antiquity. 3. down ·vt to cover, …
Webster English vocab
AWAY — adv from a place; hence. 2. away ·adv aside; off; in another direction. 3. away ·adv from a state or …
Webster English vocab
SLOUGH — [slough] n [ME slogh, fr. OE sloh; akin to MHG slouche ditch] (bef. 12c) 1 a: a place of deep …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
AWAY — [away] adv (bef. 12c) 1: on the way: along "get ~ early" 2: from this or that place: hence, thence …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
SLOUGH — town and unitary authority, geographic county of Berkshire, England. Most of the unitary authority lies within the historic county of …
Britannica English vocabulary
SLOUGH — Slough place in Berkshire (formerly Buckinghamshire) BrE AmE slaʊ
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SLOUGH — I slough noun 'mud, marsh, swamp' BrE AmE slaʊ AmE sluː slaʊ (*) —Some Americans make a distinction between sluː …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
SLOUGH — I . / slʌf; NAmE / verb [ vn ] slough sth (off) to lose a layer of dead skin, …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
DOWN — / daʊn; NAmE / adverb , preposition , verb , adjective , noun ■ adverb HELP NOTE : For the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AWAY — / əˈweɪ; NAmE / adverb HELP NOTE : For the special uses of away in phrasal verbs, look at the …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLOUGH — I. slough 1 /slʌf/ BrE AmE verb [ Date: 1700-1800 ; Origin: slough 'dead skin of an animal' (14-21 centuries) …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
DOWN — I. down 1 S1 W1 /daʊn/ BrE AmE adverb , preposition , adjective 1 . TO A LOWER POSITION to …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
AWAY — I. a ‧ way 1 S1 W1 /əˈweɪ/ BrE AmE adverb [ Language: Old English ; Origin: onweg , aweg …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SLOUGH — n. & v. --n. 1 a part that an animal casts or moults, esp. a snake's cast skin. 2 dead …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AWAY — adv., adj., & n. --adv. 1 to or at a distance from the place, person, or thing in question (go …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
SLOUGH — n. & v. n. 1 a part that an animal casts or moults, esp. a snake's cast skin. 2 dead …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLOUGH — n. a swamp; a miry place; a quagmire. Slough of Despond a state of hopeless depression (with ref. to Bunyan's …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
DOWN — adv., prep., adj., v., & n. adv. (superl. downmost) 1 into or towards a lower place, esp. to the ground …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AWAY — adv., adj., & n. adv. 1 to or at a distance from the place, person, or thing in question (go …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
SLOUGH — 1. n. a swamp; a miry place; a quagmire. Phrases and idioms: Slough of Despond a state of hopeless depression …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — 1. adv., prep., adj., v., & n. --adv. (superl. downmost) 1. into or towards a lower place, esp. to the …
Oxford English vocab
AWAY — adv., adj., & n. --adv. 1. to or at a distance from the place, person, or thing in question (go …
Oxford English vocab
DOWN — I. PREPOSITION AND ADVERB USES /daʊn/ Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLOUGH — ( sloughs, sloughing, sloughed) When a plant sloughs its leaves, or an animal such as a snake sloughs its skin, …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AWAY — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: 'Away' is often used with verbs …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SLOUGH — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) When a plant ~s its leaves, or an animal such as a snake ~s its skin, the …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
SLOUGH — I. verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB off ▪ Pieces of the bowel or stomach wall may slough off in …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
DOWN — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a bird swoops down (= it suddenly flies down ) ▪ The bird swoops …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
AWAY — I. adverb COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a car drives off/away ▪ The police car drove off at top speed. a …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SLOUGH — [noun] [literary] - a mental state of deep sadness and hopelessnessShe seems unable to pull herself out of this deep …
Cambridge English vocab
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN — n. back down bear down beat down bog down boil down bowl down break down bring down broken down buckle …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
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Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
AWAY — adj. Function: adverb 1 from this or that place FF1C; come away at once FF1E; Synonyms: hence, thence Related Words: …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SLOUGH — I. slough noun 1. Synonyms: swamp , bog, fen, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, quagmire, ||sump, swampland 2. Synonyms: inlet , …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
AWAY — I. adverb 1. from this or that place come away at once Synonyms: hence, thence Related Word: forth, out, therefrom …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
DOWN — INDEX: 1. moving down 2. to go down 3. when the sun goes down 4. to go down under the …
Longman Activator English vocab
AWAY — See ↑ DISTANCE 1 ◆◆◆ • ↑ a long way off/far off/far away • ↑ at once/right away • ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
AWAY — adj. 25B6; adverb she began to walk away : OFF, from here, from there. stay away from the trouble : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
SLOUGH — I 1. сущ. 1) топкое, вязкое, затапливаемое место (участок на дороге, по которому невозможно проехать) 2) амер. а) болото, трясина, …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AWAY — нареч. 1) обозначает : а) отдаленность от данного места далеко; б) отдаленность во времени давно away from home ≈ вдали …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
SLOUGH — slough.ogg _I slaʋ n 1. 1> болото, топь, трясина 2> грязный, непроезжий участок дороги; колдобина 2. амер. 1> низина, заполняемая …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AWAY — away.ogg 1. əʹweı a 1. predic 1> отсутствующий, в отсутствии to be away - отсутствовать; уехать he is away - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
SLOUGH — болото, топь, трясина депрессия, уныние, отчаяние (тж. the Slough of Despond) сброшенная кожа (змеи) забытая привычка струп сбрасывать кожу (о …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AWAY — 1. əʹweı a 1. predic 1> отсутствующий, в отсутствии to be away - отсутствовать; уехать he is away - он …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
SLOUGH — I slau 1. сущ. 1) топкое, вязкое, затапливаемое место ( участок на дороге, по которому невозможно проехать ) 2) амер. …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
DOWN — I сущ. 1) а) пух, пушок Syn: fluff , fuzz б) перья Syn: plumage 2) бот. пушок, хохолок ( на …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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