Meaning of sloughy | Babel Free
ˈslaʊ.iDefinitions
- Having the characteristics of a wetland; marshy.
- Resembling dead skin.
Examples
“Neither should that odious custom be allowed, of cutting scraws, (as they call⟳ them) which is flaying off the green surface of the ground, to cover⟳ their cabins; or make⟳ up their ditches; sometimes in shallow soils, where all is gravel within a few inches; and sometimes in low ground, with a thin greensward, and sloughy underneath; which last⟳ turns all into bog, by this mismanagement.”
“The Swedish Reform⟳ Church was in a sloughy, weedy district, near a group of factories.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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