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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I’d explain how my daughter sloughed off embryos that were surgically implanted at $30,000 a pop.
From Salon ● Feb. 26, 2024
The strongest visual effect of suspended sediment was the aggregation of sediment particles on the jellyfish after just ~1.5 hours of incubation, to which the jellyfish started to produce excess mucus that slowly sloughed off.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 21, 2023
Bits of soft rock sloughed off in the blaze, and a huge fireball briefly flared like a torch in the night sky.
From Scientific American ● Jul. 31, 2023
Avery sloughed into his heavy jacket, pulled on helmet, gloves and breathing apparatus.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 5, 2023
He put his back to all of Phippsburg—Lord, to the entire continent—till with a shrug he sloughed off its heavy stillness and looked for a way to climb down to the water.
From "Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy" by Gary D. Schmidt
