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Word entry · 6 letters

slough

Best crossword clue

"Shed old skin"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /slʌf/Part of speech verb, nounSorted ghlosuStarts with SEnds with H1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers

Word origin

From Middle English slogh, slugh, slouh, from Proto-Germanic *sluk-, perhaps related to *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”) (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan)).

Used in a sentence

  • That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful.
  • This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn.
  • This skin is being sloughed.

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