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SLOUGHING
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process whereby something is shed
Synonyms:
shedding; sloughing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("sloughing" is a kind of...):
biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "sloughing"):
abscission (shedding of flowers and leaves and fruit following formation of scar tissue in a plant)
ecdysis; molt; molting; moult; moulting (periodic shedding of the cuticle in arthropods or the outer skin in reptiles)
Derivation:
slough (cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb slough
