slough
1. [ noun ] (geography) a hollow filled with mud
Related terms: bog
2. [ noun ] (geography) a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
Related terms: swamp
3. [ verb ] cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
Synonyms: molt exuviate moult shed
Examples:

"out dog sheds every Spring"

Related terms: shed desquamate molter molt shedding
4. [ noun ] (medicine,pathology) necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
Synonyms: sphacelus gangrene
Related terms: symptom pathology dry_gangrene clostridial_myonecrosis necrose
5. [ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 18928
6. [ noun ] (zoology) any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)
Related terms: covering shed
Similar spelling:   sloughy
  Slaugh
  slug
  slush
  Sligh
  slushy
  slouch
  Sleigh
  slouchy
  slog
  slag
  Sluss
  sluice
  slosh
  slash