slough
noun
the outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
sloughed
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past participleof slough.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof slough.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
sloughnounthe outer layer of the skin of a snake, which is cast off periodically.
Example Sentences
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Oil prices sloughed off fresh Middle East violence.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
The material lasted for about five days, after which it was sloughed off along with the top layer of tissue as the surgical wounds healed.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2024
I’d explain how my daughter sloughed off embryos that were surgically implanted at $30,000 a pop.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2024
Oscar winner Gary Oldman stars as Jackson Lamb, a sharp-tongued veteran spy and the supervisor of Slough House, where intelligence officers who have fallen out of favor are sloughed aside.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2023
In that light all form of man sloughed off the thing that came towards Ged.
From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin
