Scrabble?! SLOUGH

Definitions of SLOUGH in various dictionaries:

noun - necrotic tissue

noun - a hollow filled with mud

noun - a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)

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

verb - cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire.

A stagnant swamp, marsh, bog, or pond, especially as part of a bayou, an inlet, or a backwater.

A state of deep despair or moral degradation.

The dead outer skin shed by a reptile or an amphibian.

A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, a sore, or an inflammation.

An outer layer or covering that is shed.

To be cast off or shed; come off.

To shed a slough.

To separate from surrounding living tissue.

verb - to cast off