Sloughing

Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Scrabble:14 ptsWWF:18 pts9 letters

Definition of Sloughing

verb

To shed (skin).
"Snakes slough their skin periodically."
To slide off (like a layer of skin).
"A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off."
To discard.
"East sloughed a heart."
(Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)
""Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!""

noun

Something sloughed off.
The act of casting off the skin or shell; ecdysis.

Anagrams of Sloughing

Words You Can Make

50 words can be made from the letters in "sloughing":

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