Meaning

2 senses

  1. Something sloughed off.

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

More definitions
  • the process whereby something is shed

Forms

plural: sloughings
Singularsloughing
Pluralsloughings

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • the process whereby something is shed:shedding

Word family

1 related words
Relatedslough

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
slouchsloughslowA1
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