sloughing
verb
- 1
To shed (skin).
“Snakes slough their skin periodically.”
- 2
To slide off (like a layer of skin).
“A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.”
- 3
To discard.
“East sloughed a heart.”
- 4
(Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)
“"Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!"”
noun
- 1
Something sloughed off.
- 2
The act of casting off the skin or shell; ecdysis.
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