sloughs
SaySLUFS/slʌfs/
As a nounSLOWZ
- 1Third-person singular simple present of slough.
As it grows, the crab sloughs its shell and hides until the new one hardens.
Every so often, our pet snake sloughs its skin in one piece.
- 2Plural of slough.
Ducks gather in the shallow sloughs along the edge of the farm.
In spring, the prairie sloughs fill with rainwater and frogs.
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sloughs is a form of slough
slough, verb: To shed or cast off skin or another outer layer, or (of such a layer) to come loose and fall, flake, or slide away. Full entry
- Spelling
- slough → sloughs: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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