How to pronounce “slough”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
• Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
• [Verb]
• (transitive) To shed skin or outer layers.
• (intransitive) To slide off or flake off, as an outer layer, such as skin, might do.
• (transitive, card games) To discard.
• (intransitive, slang, Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission.

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