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Sloughing
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WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
Sloughing
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1.
a hollow filled with mud; bog
2. (sluː
) US and Canadian
a.
(in the prairies) a large hole where water collects or the water in such a hole
b.
(in the northwest) a sluggish side channel of a river
c.
(on the Pacific coast) a marshy saltwater inlet
3.
despair or degradation
noun
1.
any outer covering that is shed, such as the dead outer layer of the skin of a snake, the cellular debris in a wound, etc
2. Also: sluff bridge
a discarded card
verb
3. (often foll by off)
to shed (a skin, etc) or (of a skin, etc) to be shed
4. Also: sluff bridge
to discard (a card or cards)
noun
1.
an industrial town in SE central England, in Slough unitary authority, Berkshire; food products, high-tech industries. Pop: 126 276 (2001)
2.
a unitary authority in SE central England, in Berkshire. Pop: 118 800 (2003 est).
Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles)
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Sloughing
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1.
the skin of a snake, esp. the outer layer that is periodically cast off
2.
any castoff layer, covering, etc.
often used figuratively3. Medicine
a mass of dead tissue in, or separating from, living tissue or an ulceration
verb intransitive
4.
a.
to be shed, cast off, or discarded; come off
b.
to drop off; become fewer or less
5.
to shed skin or other covering
6. Medicine
to separate from the surrounding tissue
said of dead tissue verb transitive
7.
to shed or throw (off) as or like slough; get rid of
8. Bridge
to get rid of (a card); discard
noun
1.
a place, as a hollow, full of soft, deep mud
2.
deep, hopeless dejection or discouragement
3.
moral degradation
4.
a swamp, bog, or marsh, esp. one that is part of an inlet or backwater
Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.
Sloughing
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1. The dead outer skin shed by a reptile or amphibian.
2. Medicine A layer or mass of dead tissue separated from surrounding living tissue, as in a wound, sore, or inflammation.
3. An outer layer or covering that is shed or removed.
v. sloughed, slough·ing, sloughs
v.intr.
1. To be cast off or shed; come off: "smooth fallen branches from which all bark has sloughed" (David M. Carroll).
2. To shed a slough: every time that a snake sloughs.
3. Medicine To separate from surrounding living tissue. Used of dead tissue.
v.tr.
1. To cast off or shed (skin or a covering): came inside and sloughed off his coat.
2. To discard or disregard as undesirable or unfavorable: sloughed off her misgivings.
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