slough
/slʌf/
Dictionary
noun
- The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
"That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful."
- Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
"This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn."
verb
- To shed (skin).
"Snakes slough their skin periodically."
- To slide off (like a layer of skin).
"A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off."
- To discard.
"East sloughed a heart."
- (Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)
""Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!""
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