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sloughs

SaySLUFS/slʌfs/
As a nounSLOWZ

2 meanings of sloughs

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  1. 1
    verb
    The form of slough used after he, she or it in the present.

    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.

  2. 2
    noun
    Plural of slough. Use it when you mean more than one.

    Ducks gather in the shallow sloughs along the edge of the farm.

    In spring, the prairie sloughs fill with rainwater and frogs.

sloughs is a form of slough

slough, verb: To shed an outer layer such as dead skin, or for such a layer to come loose and fall or slide off. Full entry

Forms
sloughsloughs he/she/itsloughing -ing formsloughed past tense, past participle
Spelling
slough → sloughs: add -s
Sound
The ending sounds like /s/.

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