Antonyms for slough
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1. slough

   Antonyms:
   footing, standpoint

   Synonyms:
   mire, difficulty, despond

Matched Categories

1. • Bog
   • Pathology
   • Swamp

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1. gangrene, sphacelus, sloughnoun

   necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass

   Synonyms:
   necrosis, gangrene, sphacelus, mortification

2. sloughnoun

   a hollow filled with mud

   Synonyms:
   gangrene, sphacelus

3. sloughnoun

   a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)

   Synonyms:
   gangrene, sphacelus

4. sloughverb

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

   Synonyms:
   gangrene, sphacelus

5. shed, molt, exuviate, moult, sloughverb

   cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

   "our dog sheds every Spring"

   Synonyms:
   drop, disgorge, cast, shed, exuviate, throw, throw away, moult, spill, throw off, molt, cast off, shake off, pour forth

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1. sloughnoun

   Synonyms:
   quagmire, bog, morass, swale, exuviae

How to use slough in a sentence?

1. Keri Peterson:

   Hand washing by rubbing the hands with warm soapy water for at least 20 seconds helps to slough germs off the skin, teach your children to wash their hands as well.

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