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| NOUN | 1 | slough, gangrene, sphacelus | Necrotic tissue |
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| 2 | slough | A hollow filled with mud | |
| 3 | slough | A stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou) | |
| 4 | slough | Any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) | |
| VERB | 1 | slough, shed, molt, exuviate, moult | Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers |
| Sounds | slah'f |
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| Rhymes | aleph, bailiff, bluff, and 37 more rhymes in ahf... |
| Meaning | Necrotic tissue. A mortified or gangrenous part or mass. |
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| Synonyms | gangrene, sphacelus |
| Broader | pathology |
| Narrower | dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification; gas gangrene, clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis |
| Meaning | A hollow filled with mud. |
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| Broader | bog, peat bog |
| Adjectives | sloughy; sloughy |
| Meaning | A stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou). |
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| Broader | swamp, swampland |
| Meaning | Any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake). |
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| Broader | covering, natural covering, cover |
| Verbs | slough |
| Meaning | Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers. |
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| Pattern | Something ----s |
| Synonyms | shed, molt, exuviate, moult |
| Broader | shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop |
| Narrower | desquamate, peel off |
| Nouns | slough; sloughing |
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