skid mark vs slough

skid mark

noun
  • Any burn on the skin caused by scraping the skin against a surface. 

  • A black mark left on a road surface from the sliding or skidding tires of a motor vehicle that has lost traction. 

  • A visible feces stain left on underpants, trousers, or sometimes the toilet bowl. 

  • Any other mark or stain left on a surface from a sliding or rubbing object. 

  • A mark of a soiled finger wiped on a surface. 

slough

noun
  • Dead skin on a sore or ulcer. 

  • A small pond, often alkaline, many but not all formed by glacial potholes. 

  • A muddy or marshy area. 

  • 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. 

  • A state of depression. 

  • The skin shed by a snake or other reptile. 

  • A secondary channel of a river delta, usually flushed by the tide. 

verb
  • To shed (skin). 

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

  • To discard. 

  • To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. 

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