sloughing off

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• Sloughing — Slough ing, n. (Zo[ o]l.) The act of casting off the skin or shell, as do insects and crustaceans; ecdysis. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Sloughing — Slough Slough, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sloughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sloughing}.] (Med.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• sloughing — slaÊŠ n. swamp, bog; hole or depression filled with mud; despair, dejected state v. shed dead skin or tissue; abandon, throw off, get rid of; come off …   English contemporary dictionary

• slough off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms slough off : present tense I/you/we/they slough off he/she/it sloughs off present participle sloughing off past tense sloughed off past participle sloughed off 1) literary to get rid of something that you do… …   English dictionary

• discard — vb Discard, cast, shed, molt, slough, scrap, junk mean to get rid of as of no further use, value, or service. Discard literally denotes the getting rid of a card from one s hand in a card game, usually because they are worthless or can be… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

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