slough

(noun, verb)

noun

1. necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

Similar word(s): gangrene, sphacelus

Definition categories: state, pathology

2. a hollow filled with mud

Definition categories: object, bog

3. a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)

Definition categories: object, swamp, swampland

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

Definition categories: object, cover, covering

Sentences with slough as a noun:

- That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.

- This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.

- We paddled under a canopy of trees through the slough.

- The Sacramento River Delta contains dozens of sloughs that are often used for water-skiing and fishing.

- John is in a slough.

- Potholes or sloughs formed by a glacier’s retreat from the central plains of North America, are now known to be some of the world’s most productive ecosystems.

verb

1. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

Similar word(s): exuviate, molt, moult, shed

Definition categories: body, cast, drop, shed, throw

Sentences with slough as a verb:

- This skin is being sloughed.

- A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.

- East sloughed a heart.