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Antonyms
Etymology
1. slough
noun. ['ˈslʌf'] a hollow filled with mud.
Synonyms
- peat bog
Antonyms
- recuperate
- better
Etymology
- sloh (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
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Rhymes with Slough
- mcduff
- macduff
- rebuff
- mcgough
- mcgeough
- lebouef
- leboeuf
- stuff
- stough
- snuff
- scuff
- pluff
- gruff
- fluff
- enough
- cluff
- bruff
- bluff
- acuff
- tuff
- tough
- shuff
- schuff
- ruff
- ruf
- rough
- puff
- muff
- luff
- huff
How do you pronounce slough?
Pronounce slough as sləf.
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Sentences with slough
1. Verb, base form
Parts of the frog may slough off.
2. Verb, past tense
These acids slough off dead skin cells and promote the growth of new ones.
2. slough
noun. ['ˈslʌf'] any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake).
Synonyms
- natural covering
- cover
Antonyms
- orient
- switch on
- disengage
Etymology
- sloh (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
3. slough
noun. ['ˈslʌf'] necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass.
Synonyms
- gas gangrene
- dry gangrene
- clostridial myonecrosis
- mummification
- gangrene
- mumification necrosis
- cold gangrene
- emphysematous gangrene
- gangrenous emphysema
- emphysematous phlegmon
- sphacelus
- pathology
- progressive emphysematous necrosis
Antonyms
- rise
- mind
- attend to
- hire
Etymology
- sloh (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
4. slough
verb. ['ˈslʌf'] cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers.
Synonyms
- molt
- moult
- throw off
- shake off
- desquamate
- peel off
- drop
- shed
- cast off
- throw away
- cast
- exuviate
Antonyms
- increase
- levitation
- sharpen
- win
Etymology
- sloh (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
5. slough
noun. ['ˈslʌf'] a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou).
Synonyms
- swamp
Antonyms
- stand still
- divest
Etymology
- sloh (Old English (ca. 450-1100))