Meaning & use
sloughing
Shedding or casting off dead skin, tissue, or an old habit or identity, typically in a natural or gradual process.
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The snake spent an afternoon sloughing off its old skin against the rough bark of a tree.
After the burn healed, the doctor described the dead tissue as sloughing away naturally.
A note on using this word
Sloughing is common in biology and medicine for shed skin or tissue, and is sometimes used figuratively for casting off old habits or beliefs.
Words with a similar meaning
sheddingpeeling
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