| VERB | body | slough, shed, molt, exuviate, moult | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers |
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| NOUN | state | slough, gangrene, sphacelus | necrotic tissue |
| object | slough | a hollow filled with mud | |
| object | slough | a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou) | |
| object | slough | any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) |
| Sounds | slah'f | |
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| Rhymes | aleph ... woodruff: 40 rhymes with ahf... | |
| Meaning | necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass. | |
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| Synonyms | gangrene, sphacelus | |
| Narrower | dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification | (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color |
| gas gangrene, clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis | (pathology) a deadly form of gangrene usually caused by clostridium bacteria that produce toxins that cause tissue death | |
| Broader | pathology | Any deviation from a healthy or normal / normal condition |
| Meaning | A hollow filled with mud. | |
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| Broader | bog, peat bog | wet spongy ground of decomposing vegetation |
| Adjectives | sloughy | (of soil) soft and watery |
| Meaning | A stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou). | |
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| Broader | swamp, swampland | Low land that is seasonally flooded |
| Spanish | barrial, ciénaga, lodazal, pantano | |
| 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 | A natural object that covers or envelops |
| Spanish | piel vieja | |
| Catalan | muda | |
| Verbs | slough | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers |
| Meaning | cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Synonyms | shed, molt, exuviate, moult | |
| Narrower | desquamate, peel off | peel off in scales |
| Broader | shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw, throw off, throw away, drop | Get rid of |
| Spanish | cambiar, mudar, pelechar | |
| Catalan | canviar, mudar | |
| Nouns | slough | any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) |
| sloughing | the process whereby something is shed | |
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