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Definition of slough 1 verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

slough1

verb

NAmE//slʌf//

Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they slough

he / she / it sloughs

past simple sloughed

-ing form sloughing

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to lose a layer of dead skin, etc. slough something a snake sloughing its skin slough something off Slough off dead skin cells by using a facial scrub.

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Phrasal Verbsslough off

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