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    slough

    slough - Dictionary definition and meaning for word slough

    Definition
    (noun) necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
    Synonyms : gangrene , sphacelus
    Definition
    (noun) a hollow filled with mud Definition
    (noun) a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou) Definition
    (noun) any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake) Definition
    (verb) cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
    Synonyms : exuviate , molt , moult , shed
    Example Sentence
    • our dog sheds every Spring
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Remember plough. Plough means to dig and make useful while slough means to cast off and remove waste.

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slough sounds similar to slaughter....so when there is a slaughter ,so many lives are CAST OFF

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Snake it slow when its slough.

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Slough is pronouned similarly to slow. Pictorise these chases often seen on TV(say pirated of hte carribbean :) ).When being pursued by someone,you need to CASTOFF unwanted objects to move faster

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slough is pronounced as sluf when it means to shed skin.. so it also means hisss-rough , a snake shaking off its skin roughly

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s+lough=laugh it [off]!

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slough - sluf - sounds like puff.. to inflate or distend... puff of the skin is to slough

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