Shed vs. Slough

Shedverb

To part, separate or divide.

Shedverb

(ambitransitive) To part with, separate from, leave off; cast off, let fall, be divested of.

Shedverb

To pour; to make flow.

Shedverb

(transitive) To allow to flow or fall.

Shedverb

(transitive) To radiate, cast, give off (light); see also shed light on.

Shedverb

To pour forth, give off, impart.

Shedverb

To fall in drops; to pour.

Shedverb

To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.

Shedverb

(weaving) To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

Shednoun

(weaving) An area between upper and lower warp yarns through which the weft is woven.

Shednoun

(obsolete) A distinction or dividing-line.

Shednoun

(obsolete) A parting in the hair.

Shednoun

(obsolete) The top of the head.

Shednoun

(obsolete) An area of land as distinguished from those around it.

Shednoun

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding; a hut.

Shednoun

A large temporary open structure for reception of goods.

Shednoun

An automobile which is old, worn-out, slow, or otherwise of poor quality.

Shednoun

A British Rail Class 66 locomotive.

Shednoun

A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure often open in front; an outbuilding; a hut; as, a wagon shed; a wood shed.

Shednoun

A covered structure for housing aircraft; a hangar.

Shednoun

A parting; a separation; a division.

Shednoun

The act of shedding or spilling; - used only in composition, as in bloodshed.

Shednoun

That which parts, divides, or sheds; - used in composition, as in watershed.

Shednoun

The passageway between the threads of the warp through which the shuttle is thrown, having a sloping top and bottom made by raising and lowering the alternate threads.

Shedverb

To separate; to divide.

Shedverb

To part with; to throw off or give forth from one's self; to emit; to diffuse; to cause to emanate or flow; to pour forth or out; to spill; as, the sun sheds light; she shed tears; the clouds shed rain.

Shedverb

To let fall; to throw off, as a natural covering of hair, feathers, shell; to cast; as, fowls shed their feathers; serpents shed their skins; trees shed leaves.

Shedverb

To cause to flow off without penetrating; as, a tight roof, or covering of oiled cloth, sheeds water.

Shedverb

To sprinkle; to intersperse; to cover.

Shedverb

To divide, as the warp threads, so as to form a shed, or passageway, for the shuttle.

Shedverb

To fall in drops; to pour.

Shedverb

To let fall the parts, as seeds or fruit; to throw off a covering or envelope.

Shednoun

an outbuilding with a single story; used for shelter or storage

Shedverb

get rid of;

Shedverb

pour out in drops or small quantities or as if in drops or small quantities;

Shedverb

cause or allow (a solid substance) to flow or run out or over;

Shedverb

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers;

Shedadjective

shed at an early stage of development;

Shednoun

a simple roofed structure used for garden storage, to shelter animals, or as a workshop

Shednoun

a larger structure for storing or maintaining vehicles or other machinery

Shednoun

a building for shearing sheep or milking cattle.

Shedverb

park (a vehicle) in a depot

Shedverb

(of a tree or other plant) allow (leaves or fruit) to fall to the ground

Shedverb

(of a reptile, insect, etc.) allow (its skin or shell) to come off, to be replaced by another one that has grown underneath.

Shedverb

(of a mammal) lose (hair) as a result of moulting, disease, or age.

Shedverb

take off (clothes)

Shedverb

have the property of repelling (water or a similar substance).

Shedverb

discard (something undesirable, superfluous, or outdated)

Shedverb

cast or give off (light)

Shedverb

accidentally allow (something) to fall off or spill

Shedverb

eliminate part of (an electrical power load) by disconnecting circuits.

Shed

A shed is typically a simple, single-story roofed structure in a back garden or on an allotment that is used for storage, hobbies, or as a workshop. Sheds vary considerably in their size and complexity of construction, from simple open-sided ones designed to cover bicycles or garden items to large wood-framed structures with shingled roofs, windows, and electrical outlets.

Sloughnoun

The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

Sloughnoun

Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

Sloughnoun

(British) A muddy or marshy area.

Sloughnoun

(Eastern United States) A type of swamp or shallow lake system, typically formed as or by the backwater of a larger waterway, similar to a bayou with trees.

Sloughnoun

(Western United States) A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.

Sloughnoun

A state of depression.

Sloughnoun

(Canadian Prairies) A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.

Sloughverb

(transitive) To shed (skin).

Sloughverb

(intransitive) To slide off (like a layer of skin).

Sloughverb

To discard.

Sloughverb

To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission.

Sloughadjective

Slow.

Sloughnoun

A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.

Sloughnoun

A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.

Sloughnoun

The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.

Sloughnoun

The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.

Slough

imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.

Sloughverb

To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; - often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.

Sloughverb

To cast off; to discard as refuse.

Sloughnoun

necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

Sloughnoun

a hollow filled with mud

Sloughnoun

a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)

Sloughnoun

any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

Sloughverb

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers;

Sloughnoun

a town in south-eastern England to the west of London; population 119,400 (est. 2009).

Sloughverb

shed or remove (a layer of dead skin)

Sloughverb

get rid of (something undesirable or no longer required)

Sloughverb

(of dead skin) drop off; be shed

Sloughverb

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

Slough

Slough () is a large town in Berkshire, England (within the historic county of Buckinghamshire), 20 miles (32 km) west of central London (Charing Cross) and 19 miles (31 km) north-east of Reading. It is in the Thames Valley and within the London metropolitan area at the intersection of the M4, M40 and M25 motorways.