slough
noun
the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
have sloughed
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present perfectof slough.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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And although portions of his bank in recent weeks have sloughed into the river, Dix and his wife, Kim, aren’t about to leave their idyllic setting and home of more than 30 years.
From Seattle Times ● May 28, 2014
That we are a nation of immigrants – even forced to come as slaves – whose descendants have sloughed off old identities to become something new.
From The Guardian ● May 28, 2010
Some of the shine may have sloughed off Dubai since the recession, but there has never been such a glaring example of the city as a product – as a brand, even.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 29, 2010
A certain self-sufficiency that was very marked about French life will have sloughed away.
From Another Sheaf by Galsworthy, John
Had I put them in hot water, I should in all probability have lost my fingers and toes; they p. 61would have sloughed off.
From A Night in the Snow or, A Struggle for Life by Carr, Edmund Donald
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