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Noun slough has 4 senses
  1. gangrene, sphacelus, slough - necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
    --1 is a kind of pathology
    --1 has particulars:
     dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification; gas gangrene, clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis
  2. slough - a hollow filled with mud
    --2 is a kind of     bog, peat bog
  3. slough - a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
    --3 is a kind of     swamp, swampland
  4. slough - any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)
    --4 is a kind of     covering, natural covering, cover
    Derived form: verb slough1
,Verb slough has 1 sense
  1. shed, molt, exuviate, moult, slough - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers; "out dog sheds every Spring"
    --1 is one way to shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop
    Derived forms: noun slough4, noun sloughing1
    Sample sentence:
    Something ----s
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