sloughing
verb
Definitions
To shed (skin).
Example: Snakes slough their skin periodically.
To slide off (like a layer of skin).
Example: A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.
To discard.
Example: East sloughed a heart.
(Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)
Example: "Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!"
noun
Definitions
Something sloughed off.
The act of casting off the skin or shell; ecdysis.