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Meaning of sloughing

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

sloughing

verb

Definitions

  1. To shed (skin).

    Example: Snakes slough their skin periodically.

  2. To slide off (like a layer of skin).

    Example: A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.

  3. To discard.

    Example: East sloughed a heart.

  4. (Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)

    Example: "Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!"

noun

Definitions

  1. Something sloughed off.

  2. The act of casting off the skin or shell; ecdysis.