slud

English

Etymology

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Noun

slud (uncountable)

1. (geology) A rapid soil creep, especially referring to downslope soil movement in periglacial areas.

Synonyms

• (rapid soil creep): sludging, soil flow, soil fluction, solifluction.

See also

• sluds

Anagrams

• DLUs, LUDs, ULDs, luds

Danish

Etymology

From Old Norse sludd.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -uð

Noun

slud n

1. sleet (mixture of rain and snow)

Declension

Declension of slud

neuter gender	Singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	slud	sludet
genitive	sluds	sludets

Derived terms

• slude
• sludbyge

References

• “slud” in Den Danske Ordbog