slough

Từ điển WordNet v3.1 - WordNet Dictionary

I - noun

1. necrotic tissue;
a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
• Syn:
gangrene, sphacelus
• Derivationally related forms:
sphacelate (for: sphacelus), gangrenous (for: gangrene), gangrene (for: gangrene)
• Hypernyms:
pathology
• Hyponyms:
dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification, gas gangrene,
clostridial myonecrosis, emphysematous gangrene, emphysematous phlegmon, gangrenous emphysema, gas phlegmon, progressive emphysematous necrosis
2. a hollow filled with mud
• Derivationally related forms:
sloughy
• Hypernyms:
bog, peat bog
3. a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
• Hypernyms:
swamp, swampland
4. any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)
• Hypernyms:
covering, natural covering, cover

II - verb

cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
- our dog sheds every Spring
• Syn:
shed, molt, exuviate, moult
• Derivationally related forms:
sloughing, moulter (for: moult), moulting (for: moult), moult (for: moult), molter (for: molt), molting (for: molt), molt (for: molt), shedding (for: shed)
• Hypernyms:
shed, cast, cast off, shake off, throw,
throw off, throw away, drop
• Hyponyms:
desquamate, peel off
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  gangrene, sphacelus, shed, molt, exuviate, moult