jettison vs slough

jettison

verb
  • To let go or get rid of as being useless or defective. 

  • To eject from a boat, submarine, aircraft, spaceship or hot-air balloon, so as to lighten the load. 

noun
  • Items that have been or are about to be ejected from a boat or balloon. 

  • The action of jettisoning items. 

slough

verb
  • To discard. 

  • To shed (skin). 

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

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

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

  • Dead skin on a sore or ulcer. 

  • 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. 

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