slough
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
- arrow points to the broader concept
- dashed outline: no word in this language
- Click any word to expand it.
Senses
Sense 1 noun
necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
Types & categories
- pathology hypernym
- dry gangrene hyponym
- gas gangrene hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
our dog sheds every Spring
Types & categories
- shed hypernym
- desquamate hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a hollow filled with mud
Types & categories
- bog hypernym
Related & opposite
- muddy derivation
Sense 4 noun
a stagnant swamp (especially as part of a bayou)
Types & categories
- swamp hypernym
Sense 5 noun
any outer covering that can be shed or cast off (such as the cast-off skin of a snake)
Types & categories
- covering hypernym
Related & opposite
- slough derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | gangrene |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | mortified |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pathology |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dry gangrene |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gas gangrene |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | molter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | slough |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | molt |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | shedding |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | shed |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | desquamate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | muddy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | bog |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | swamp |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | slough |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | covering |