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sloughing off

sloughing off is the present participle and gerund of slough off.

Meaning of slough off

Verb

slough off (third-person singular simple present sloughs off, present participle sloughing off, simple past and past participle sloughed off)

  1. (transitive) To discard something useless or unwanted.

Questions about sloughing off

What is sloughing off the present participle and gerund of?
Sloughing off is the present participle and gerund of slough off.

Words near sloughing off in the dictionary

  1. sloughgrass
  2. sloughgrasses
  3. sloughi
  4. sloughiness
  5. sloughing
  6. sloughing off
  7. sloughings
  8. sloughis
  9. sloughland
  10. sloughlands
  11. sloughs

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