SLOUGH as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)
   Hypernyms(s) slough is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • covering (what does covering mean?)
   • natural covering (what does natural covering mean?)
   • cover (what does cover mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • shed (what does shed mean?)
   • molt (what does molt mean?)
   • exuviate (what does exuviate mean?)
   • moult (what does moult mean?)
   • slough (what does slough mean?)
2. Meaning
   • a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
   Hypernyms(s) slough is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • swamp (what does swamp mean?)
   • swampland (what does swampland mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a hollow filled with mud
   Hypernyms(s) slough is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • bog (what does bog mean?)
   • peat bog (what does peat bog mean?)
4. Meaning
   • necrotic tissue
   • a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
   Synonym(s)
   • gangrene (what does gangrene mean?)
   • sphacelus (what does sphacelus mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) slough is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • pathology (what does pathology mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • dry gangrene (what does dry gangrene mean?)
   • cold gangrene (what does cold gangrene mean?)
   • mumification necrosis (what does mumification necrosis mean?)
   • mummification (what does mummification mean?)
   • gas gangrene (what does gas gangrene mean?)
   • clostridial myonecrosis (what does clostridial myonecrosis mean?)
   • emphysematous gangrene (what does emphysematous gangrene mean?)
   • emphysematous phlegmon (what does emphysematous phlegmon mean?)
   • gangrenous emphysema (what does gangrenous emphysema mean?)
   • gas phlegmon (what does gas phlegmon mean?)
   • progressive emphysematous necrosis (what does progressive emphysematous necrosis mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • necrose (what does necrose mean?)
   • gangrene (what does gangrene mean?)
   • mortify (what does mortify mean?)
   • sphacelate (what does sphacelate mean?)
   • necrose (what does necrose mean?)
   • gangrene (what does gangrene mean?)
   • mortify (what does mortify mean?)
   • sphacelate (what does sphacelate mean?)

SLOUGH as VERB

1. Meaning
   • cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
   Synonym(s)
   • exuviate (what does exuviate mean?)
   • molt (what does molt mean?)
   • moult (what does moult mean?)
   • shed (what does shed mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • out dog sheds every Spring
   Hypernyms(s) slough is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • shed (what does shed mean?)
   • cast (what does cast mean?)
   • cast off (what does cast off mean?)
   • shake off (what does shake off mean?)
   • throw (what does throw mean?)
   • throw off (what does throw off mean?)
   • throw away (what does throw away mean?)
   • drop (what does drop mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • desquamate (what does desquamate mean?)
   • peel off (what does peel off mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • slough (what does slough mean?)
   • shedding (what does shedding mean?)
   • sloughing (what does sloughing mean?)
   • molter (what does molter mean?)
   • moulter (what does moulter mean?)
   • molt (what does molt mean?)
   • molting (what does molting mean?)
   • moult (what does moult mean?)
   • moulting (what does moulting mean?)
   • ecdysis (what does ecdysis mean?)
   • molt (what does molt mean?)
   • molting (what does molting mean?)
   • moult (what does moult mean?)
   • moulting (what does moulting mean?)
   • ecdysis (what does ecdysis mean?)
   • molter (what does molter mean?)
   • moulter (what does moulter mean?)
   • molt (what does molt mean?)
   • molting (what does molting mean?)
   • moult (what does moult mean?)
   • moulting (what does moulting mean?)
   • ecdysis (what does ecdysis mean?)
   • molt (what does molt mean?)
   • molting (what does molting mean?)
   • moult (what does moult mean?)
   • moulting (what does moulting mean?)
   • ecdysis (what does ecdysis mean?)
   • shedding (what does shedding mean?)
   • sloughing (what does sloughing mean?)