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slough
[slou for 1, 2, 4; sloo for 3] 
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slough
[slou for 1, 2, 4; sloo for 3]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swamp |
| Synonyms: | bog, bottoms, everglade, fen, glade, holm, marsh, marshland, mire, moor, morass, mud, muskeg, peat bog, polder, quag, quagmire, swale, swampland, wetland |
| Main Entry: | baggage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gear |
| Synonyms: | accoutrements, bags, belongings, carry-on, effects, equipment, fortnighter, gear, impedimenta, luggage, overnighter, paraphernalia, parcels, slough, suitcases, things, tote, tote bag, trappings, two-suiter |
| Main Entry: | bog |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | swamp |
| Synonyms: | fen, lowland, marsh, marshland, mire, morass, moss, peat, quag, quagmire, slough, sump, wetlands |
| Main Entry: | chuck |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | throw aside, throw away, throw out |
| Synonyms: | abandon, can, cast, desert, discard, ditch, eighty-six, eject, fire, fling, flip, forsake, give the heave ho, heave, hurl, jettison, junk, launch, pitch, quit, reject, relinquish, renounce, scrap, shed, shy, sling, slough, toss |
| Antonyms: | keep |
| Main Entry: | cove |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | inlet, small niche |
| Synonyms: | anchorage, arm, bay, bayou, bight, cave, cavern, creek, estuary, firth, frith, gulf, harbor, hole, lagoon, nook, retreat, slough, sound, wash |
| Main Entry: | gulf |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sea inlet |
| Synonyms: | basin, bay, bayou, bight, cove, firth, harbor, slough, sound, whirlpool |
| Main Entry: | incarcerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put in jail, confinement |
| Synonyms: | bastille, book*, cage*, commit, confine, constrain, coop up, detain, hold, immure, impound, imprison, intern, jail, lock up, put away, put on ice, put under lock and key, railroad, restrain, restrict, send up the river, settle, slough, take away, throw book at |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, release |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inlet |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arm of the sea |
| Synonyms: | basin, bay, bayou, bight, canal, channel, cove, creek, delta, entrance, estuary, firth, fjord, gulf, harbor, ingress, loch, narrows, passage, slew, slough, sound, strait |
| Main Entry: | jettison |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | eject; throw overboard |
| Synonyms: | abandon, abdicate, cashier, cast, cast off, deep-six, discard, dump, expel, heave, hurl, junk*, maroon, reject, scrap*, shed, slough, throw away, unload |
| Antonyms: | take in, take on |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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