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to slough
01
to shed or cast off of old skin, scales, feathers, or horns, typically as part of a natural growth
Intransitive
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
slough
3rd person singular
sloughs
Present participle
sloughing
Past simple
sloughed
Past participle
sloughed
Slough
01
any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Countable
Plural form
sloughs
02
a stagnant or slow-moving channel or inlet, often connected to a larger body of water, such as a marsh, swamp, or backwater
Examples
The wildlife refuge was teeming with birds nesting along the slough.
03
a hollow filled with mud
04
necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
Lexical Tree
sloughing
slough
