verb · transitive · rare

slough

slough · sloughs · sloughed · sloughing

скидати, линяти, лущитися

сбросить, сбрасывать, сходить, сойти

sich lösen, abwerfen, sich häuten

To shed skin or outer layersTo shed skin or outer layers.

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/slʌf/

» Swear to God, it sloughs brain cells.

Meaning

4 senses

(transitive)To shed skin or outer layers.
This skin is being sloughed.
Snakes slough their skin periodically.
sich häuten, abwerfen, sich lösen
сбра́сыватьsbrásyvatʹ, сбро́ситьsbrósitʹ, сходи́тьsxodítʹ
скидатиskydaty, лущитисяluščytysja, линятиlynjaty
(intransitive)To slide off or flake off, as an outer layer, such as skin, might do.
A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.
1944 United States. Bureau of Mines · War Minerals Report 386. Google books The adit penetrated the vug ... and at this level ... it was filled with material that had ... sloughed off the walls.
cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
(transitive)To discard.
East sloughed a heart.
сбра́сыватьsbrásyvatʹ, сбро́ситьsbrósitʹ
скидатиskydaty
(US, Western, intransitive, slang)To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission.
schwänzen
прогу́ливатьprogúlivatʹ, прогу́лятьprogúljatʹ

Examples

6 sentences

Swear to God, it sloughs brain cells.
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The snake sloughs its skin several times a year.
ruЗмея сбрасывает кожу несколько раз в год. — carlosalberto
deDie Schlange häutet sich mehrmals im Jahr. — carlosalberto
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A slough is a swamp or shallow lake system, usually a backwater to a larger body of water.
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Tom will slough.
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The town Slough has a very suitable name.
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Translations

3 languages

Українська

By meaning 2

to shed (skin):

of skin, to be shed:

Русский

By meaning 3

to shed (skin):

of skin, to be shed:

to commit truancy:

Deutsch

By meaning 3

to shed (skin):

of skin, to be shed:

to commit truancy:

Origin

From Middle English slogh, slugh, slouh, from Proto-Germanic *sluk-, perhaps related to *s

From Middle English slogh, slugh, slouh, from Proto-Germanic *sluk-, perhaps related to *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”) (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan)).

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