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Slough
Slough ( (listen)) is a large town in Berkshire, England, within the Greater London Urban Area, 20 miles (32 km) west of Charing Cross, central London and 17 miles (27 km) north-east of the county town of Reading. It is between the Thames Valley and London and at the intersection of the M4, M40 and M25 motorways.
The A4 and the Great Western Main Line pass through the town, which was historically part of neighbouring Buckinghamshire. From 2019 the Elizabeth line is expected to allow faster journeys to central London.
As of 2011 Slough’s population was one of the most ethnically diverse in the United Kingdom, with the highest proportion of religious adherents in England. The town has attracted people from across the country and the world for labour since the 1920s, which has helped shape it into a major trading centre. As of 2017 unemployment stood at 1.4%, circa one-third the UK average of 4.5%.Slough has the highest concentration of global corporate HQs outside London. The Slough Trading Estate is the largest industrial estate in single private ownership in Europe. Blackberry, McAfee, Burger King and Lego have head offices in the town. The Slough Trading Estate provides over 17,000 jobs in 400 businesses. Slough has the second highest gross value added per worker of cities in UK.
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Slough (noun)
The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
“That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.”
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Slough (noun)
Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
“This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.”
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Slough (noun)
A muddy or marshy area.
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Slough (noun)
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.
“We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough.”
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Slough (noun)
A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide.
“The Sacramento River Delta contains dozens of sloughs that are often used for water-skiing and fishing.”
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Slough (noun)
A state of depression.
“John is in a slough.”
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Slough (noun)
A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes.
“Potholes or sloughs formed by a glacier’s retreat from the central plains of North America, are now known to be some of the world’s most productive ecosystems.”
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Slough (verb)
To shed (skin).
“This skin is being sloughed.”
“Snakes slough their skin periodically.”
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Slough (verb)
To slide off (like a layer of skin).
“A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.”
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Slough (verb)
To discard.
“East sloughed a heart.”
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Slough (verb)
To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission.
“”Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!””
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Slew (noun)
A large amount.
“She has a slew of papers and notebooks strewn all over her desk.”
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Slew (noun)
The act, or process of slaying.
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Slew (noun)
A device used for slaying.
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Slew (noun)
A change of position.
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Slew (noun)
A wet place; a river inlet.
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Slew (verb)
To rotate or turn something about its axis.
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Slew (verb)
To veer a vehicle.
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Slew (verb)
To insert extra ticks or skip some ticks of a clock to slowly correct its time.
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Slew (verb)
To pivot.
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Slew (verb)
To skid.
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Slew (verb)
to move something (usually a railway line) sideways
“The single line was slewed onto the disused up formation to make way for the future redoubling.”
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Slew (verb)
To make a public mockery of someone through insult or wit.
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Slough (noun)
a town in south-eastern England to the west of London; population 119,400 (est. 2009).
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Slough (verb)
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”
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Slough (verb)
get rid of (something undesirable or no longer required)
“he is concerned to slough off the country’s bad environmental image”
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Slough (verb)
(of dead skin) drop off; be shed
“it is a rare skin disease in which the skin sloughs off”
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Slough (verb)
(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”
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Slew (verb)
turn or slide violently or uncontrollably
“he slewed the aircraft round before it settled on the runway”
“the Renault slewed from side to side in the snow”
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Slew (verb)
(of an electronic device) undergo slewing.
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Slew (noun)
a violent or uncontrollable sliding movement
“I was assaulted by the thump and slew of the van”
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Slew (noun)
a large number or quantity of something
“he asked me a slew of questions”