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" |
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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 |