Thesaurus: slough

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1. a. Slow.
2. n. A place of deep mud or mire; a hole full of mire.
3. n. A wet place; a swale; a side channel or inlet from a river.
4. imp. of Slee, to slay. Slew.
5. n. The skin, commonly the cast-off skin, of a serpent or of some similar animal.
6. n. The dead mass separating from a foul sore; the dead part which separates from the living tissue in mortification.
7. v. i. To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; -- often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off slowly.
8. v. t. To cast off; to discard as refuse.
9. n. necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
10. n. any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off">cast-off skin of a snake)
11. n. a hollow filled with mud
12. n. a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)