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slough2
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- pronunciation:
- sluhf
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb)
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noun |
| definition: |
cast-off dead tissue, such as the outer skin shed by a snake.
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
sloughs, sloughing, sloughed |
| definition 1: |
to separate or be cast off, as dead skin or tissue.
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| definition 2: |
to shed dead skin or tissue.
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| definition: |
to shed or discard; rid oneself of.
He's trying to slough some of his bad habits.The snake sloughed its skin.- similar words:
- shed
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| related words: |
chuck, discard, fling |
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