a swamp

a situation characterized by lack of progress or activity

the economic slough of the interwar years

shed or remove (a layer of dead skin)

a snake sloughs off its old skin

exfoliate once a week to slough off any dry skin

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

an eternal rain of silt sloughs down from the edges of the continents

the dropping off of dead tissue from living flesh

the drugs can cause blistering and slough

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