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The correct spelling is sloughed.

How to pronounce sloughed

verb

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The correct spelling is sloughed. To shed (skin). For example: "Snakes slough their skin periodically."

Usage Examples

Snakes slough their skin periodically.

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

East sloughed a heart.

Definition

verb

  1. 1.To shed (skin).
  2. 2.To slide off (like a layer of skin).
  3. 3.To discard.
  4. 4.(Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)

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