Visual meaning of 'sloughing'? - learn with images, example in daily life

Visual illustration of sloughing: To shed (skin).

verb

To shed (skin).

"Snakes slough their skin periodically."

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Visual illustration of sloughing: To slide off (like a layer of skin).

verb

To slide off (like a layer of skin).

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

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Visual illustration of sloughing: To discard.

verb

To discard.

"East sloughed a heart."

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Visual illustration of sloughing: (Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)

verb

(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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Visual illustration of sloughing: Something sloughed off.

noun

Something sloughed off.

"After a bad sunburn, the visible sloughing was evidence of skin damage. "

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Visual illustration of sloughing: The act of casting off the skin or shell; ecdysis.

noun

The act of casting off the skin or shell; ecdysis.

"The snake's successful sloughing revealed a bright, new layer of scales underneath. "

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