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slough off
slough 1 S0471800 (slo͞o, slou) also slew (slo͞o)n.1. A depression or hollow, usually filled with deep mud or mire.2. also slue A swamp, marsh, bog, or pond, especially as part of a bayou, inlet, or backwater.3. A state of deep despair or moral degradation.
[Middle English, from Old English slōh.]
slough′y adj.
slough 2 S0482100 (slŭf)n.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.Phrasal Verb: slough off Slang To work less intensely than is required or expected.
[Middle English slughe; akin to Middle High German slūch, sluoch , sloughed off snake skin (Modern German Schlauch, hose, tire tube).]
Slough S0482200 (slou) A borough of southeast England, a residential and industrial suburb of London.slough off (slʌf) vb (tr, adverb) to cast off (cares, etc)Thesaurus| Verb | 1. | slough off - discard as undesirable; "the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers"get rid of, remove - dispose of; "Get rid of these old shoes!"; "The company got rid of all the dead wood" | | 2. | slough off - separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortionpractice of medicine, medicine - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard"amputate, cut off - remove surgically; "amputate limbs" |
slough offverb shed, discard, throw off, cast off, divest yourself of She tried to slough off her old habits.Translationsslough off
slough off1. Literally, to shed, peel, or scrape off an outer layer of something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "slough" and "off." It can be pretty gross to watch a snake slough off its skin, leaving behind a weird, hollow version of itself.2. To dismiss, ignore, or minimize the importance of someone or something. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "slough" and "off." He kept heckling me during the show, but I sloughed him off and kept performing. The senator just sloughed off the journalist's comments, describing them later as "baseless" and "incendiary."3. To procrastinate or avoid doing work. In this usage, the phrase is sometimes followed by a noun indicating the thing being avoided. If you keep sloughing off, we'll be forced to give you a formal warning. I decided to slough off my essay for the weekend and hang out with my friends instead.4. To delegate or assign one's own work or duties to someone else. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "slough" and "off," and the phrase is typically followed by "to/onto (someone)." More and more administrative duties are being sloughed off onto teachers, without being reflected in their pay. He's been sloughing smaller projects off to his assistants.5. To escape or depart for some location quietly or in secret. In this usage, the phrase is sometimes followed by "to/into (some place)." I felt really uncomfortable in the group of strangers, so I sloughed off when everyone was distracted. We decided to skip the meeting and sloughed off to the movies instead.See also: off, sloughslough something off 1. Lit. to brush or rub something off. The snake sloughed its old skin off. It sloughed off its skin. 2. Fig. to ignore or disregard a negative remark or incident. I could see that the remark had hurt her feelings, but she just pretended to slough it off. Liz sloughed off the remark.See also: off, sloughslough offv.1. To shed or peel off some outer layer, especially by rubbing or scraping: We need to slough the paint off the pipes before we install them. The snake sloughed off its skin against a rock.2. To shed or peel off, as an outer layer: My skin is sloughing off because of the dryness.3. To avoid some work or to work lazily: Your grades are bad because you've been sloughing off your homework a lot recently. After lunch, he sloughed off and played video games.4. To leave unnoticed; slip away: The kids sloughed off into the woods.See also: off, sloughslough off verbSee sluff offSee also: off, sloughslough off
Synonyms for slough offverb shedSynonyms- shed
- discard
- throw off
- cast off
- divest yourself of
Words related to slough offverb discard as undesirableRelated Wordsverb separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortionRelated Words- practice of medicine
- medicine
- amputate
- cut off
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