transcription, транскрипция: [ slʌf ]
( sloughs, sloughing, sloughed)
When a plant sloughs its leaves, or an animal such as a snake sloughs its skin, the leaves or skin come off naturally.
All reptiles have to slough their skin to grow...
= shed
VERB : V n
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Slough off means the same as slough .
Our bodies slough off dead cells.
= shed
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , also V n P