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slough

/ slough /

noun/verb

noun Sense 1

any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

Type of:

covering natural covering cover

Derived:

shed molt exuviate moult

noun Sense 2

a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)

Type of:

swamp swampland

noun Sense 3

a hollow filled with mud

Type of:

bog peat bog

noun Sense 4

necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

Type of:

pathology

Kinds of:

dry gangrene cold gangrene mumification necrosis mummification gas gangrene

Derived:

necrose gangrene mortify sphacelate

verb Sense 5

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

"out dog sheds every Spring"

Type of:

shed cast cast off

Kinds of:

desquamate peel off

Derived:

shedding sloughing molter moulter molt

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