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Meanings of
slough
in English
Portuguese
gangrena
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Necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass.
gangrene
sphacelus
Portuguese
gangrena
Portuguese
desplumar
Catalan
canviar
Spanish
cambiar
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Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.
shed
molt
moult
exuviate
Portuguese
desplumar
Usage of
slough
in English
1
On the 17th the wound was much smaller and the
slough
separating.
2
Into the
slough
of despond comes Steven Brill's new e-commerce venture Contentville.
3
It is effected in small squads, as the
slough
is flung aside.
4
From that day forth, Tuscany sank lower and lower in the
slough
.
5
Above, the impervious canopy of leaves; beneath, a black and root-encumbered
slough
.
6
It is the very cast-off
slough
of a polluted and shameless press.
7
But she was going now to take it out of the
slough
.
8
Under this
slough
appears the firm, chestnut-brown horn integument of the chrysalis.
9
There was a level space of sward between us and the
slough
.
10
You cannot imagine the
slough
of despond I had to pass through.
11
Nothing to do but let the flesh
slough
off and then amputate.
12
Look at it then, when the beautiful serpent has cast her
slough
.
13
She unconsciously assisted him from this
slough
of shame by saying suddenly:
14
He knew a way out through a
slough
and across a lake.
15
Some day you'll
slough
it the way a butterfly does its shell.
16
I
slough
off my backpack, then take off my sunglasses and cap.
Other examples for "slough"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
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slough
Noun
Singular
Verb
Indicative · Present
Frequent collocations
slough off
slough away
old slough
dark slough
dry slough
More collocations
Translations for
slough
Portuguese
gangrena
desplumar
mudar
depenar
trocar
Catalan
canviar
mudar
Spanish
cambiar
mudar
Slough
through the time
Slough
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common