slough
/slaʊ/
US pronunciation
American sound/slaʊ/
slough
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- Short oo vowel
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- Clear final sound
US voice -> slough
Myanmar meaning
(n) ရွံှ့တောဗွက်တော။ စိတ်ဓာတ်ဒုတ်ဒုတ်ထိကျခြင်း။ အရေခွံလဲသည်၊ခွာသည်။ ခါထုတ်သည်။
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slough1 /sla7; US also slu:/ n (dated or rhet )
၁။ [C] ရွှံ့တော ဗွက်တော။ The battlefield was a slough of mud and corpses.
၂။ [sing] ~ of sth စိတ်ဓာတ် ဒုတ်ဒုတ်ထိကျခြင်း။ be in a slough of despair/self-pity.
(အရေခွံ)လဲသည်၊ ခွာသည်။ a snake sloughing (off) its skin ❍ slough off dead skin cells by using a facial scrub.
❏ slough sth off [PHRV ] ခါထုတ်သည်။
slough off one's responsibilities ❍ a company trying to slough off its negative public image.
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marsh, bog, mire, fen, quagmire, afford, beam, bottoms, cashier, cast, diffuse, disburden, discard, doff, drop, emit, everglade, exude, exuviate, give, give forth, glade, holm, jettison, junk, let fall, marshland, molt, moor, morass, mud, muskeg, peat bog, polder, pour forth, quag, radiate, reject, scatter, scrap, send forth, shed, shower, slip, spill, sprinkle, swale, swamp, swampland, take off, throw, throw away, throw off, throw out, wetland, yield
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