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Slough

/slʌf/

The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

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📖 Definitions of "Slough"

noun

1
The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
"That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful."
2
Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
"This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn."

verb

1
To shed (skin).
"Snakes slough their skin periodically."
2
To slide off (like a layer of skin).
"A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off."
3
To discard.
"East sloughed a heart."
4
(Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)
""Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!""

🔄 Synonyms of "Slough"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
shedverb	A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
moltnoun	US standard spelling of moult. [(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.]
exuviateverb	(ambitransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).
moultnoun	(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Slough"

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Word	Definition
exuviateverb	(ambitransitive, rare) To shed or cast off a covering, especially a skin; to slough; to molt (moult).
moultnoun	(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.
moltnoun	US standard spelling of moult. [(intransitive) To shed or lose a covering of hair or fur, feathers, skin, horns, etc, and replace it with a fresh one.]
shedverb	A slight or temporary structure built to shade or shelter something; a structure usually open in front; an outbuilding, especially a smallish one; a hut.
mirenoun	An undesirable situation; a predicament.
marshnoun	An area of low, wet land, often with tall grass or herbaceous plants. (Compare swamp, bog, fen, morass.)
bognoun	(UK, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, slang) A place to defecate: originally specifically a latrine or outhouse but now used for any toilet.
swampnoun	An area of wet (water-saturated), spongy (soft) land, often with trees, generally a rich ecosystem for certain plants and animals but ill-suited for many agricultural purposes. (A type of wetland. Compare marsh, bog, fen.)
wetlandnoun	(usually in the plural) Land that is covered mostly with water, with occasional marshy and soggy areas.
backwaternoun	(idiomatic, usually figurative) A remote place: somewhere that remains unaffected by new events, progresses, ideas, etc; any field of endeavor that figuratively resembles such a place.
islandnoun	A contiguous area of land, smaller than a continent, totally surrounded by water.
sluffnoun	An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.
sluenoun	The act of sluing or the place to which something has slued.
sloughagenoun	Material that has been sloughed
sloonoun	A slough; a run or wet place.
slitchnoun	(slang, nonce word) A slutty bitch.
slashnoun	A slashing action or motion:
scurfnoun	The flakes of skin that fall off as a result of a skin disease.
slayagenoun	(slang) slaughter
scruffnoun	Someone with an untidy appearance.