slough

/slˈaʊ/

/ˈsɫəf/

to slough

MAIN VERB

to shed or cast off of old skin, scales, feathers, or horns, typically as part of a natural growth

synonyms : exuviate

Slough

any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)

a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)

a hollow filled with mud

necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

synonyms : gangrene

Examples

1. MALCOLM BRABANT: Slough, just west of London, a town of 160,000 people, has Britain's fourth-highest rate of COVID-19 infections.

2. Sloughing with Mom.

3. Sloughed off like dead skin off a snake.

4. It's Slough.