sluffed (Meaning)
sluffed
to separate in the form of dead tissue from living tissue, an inlet on a river, to plod through or as if through mud, a creek in a marsh or tide flat, a mass of dead tissue separating from living tissue, dead tissue separating from living tissue, a wet and marshy or muddy place (as a swamp or backwater), to engulf in a slough, to crumble slowly and fall away, a mass of dead tissue separating from an ulcer, backwater, swamp, to become shed or cast off, to separate dead tissue from living tissue, to cast off, the cast-off skin of a snake, a discouraged, degraded, or hopeless state, something that may be shed or cast off, to get rid of or discard as irksome, objectionable, or disadvantageous, to get rid of or discard as bothersome, objectionable, or not to one's advantage, a place of deep mud or mire, to cast off one's skin, to dispose of (a losing card in bridge) by discarding, a state of moral degradation or spiritual dejection, to cast off or become cast off
Synonyms & Antonyms of sluffed
sluffed Sentence Examples
- The old paint on the walls sluffed off easily due to years of neglect.
- The snake sluffed its skin to reveal a vibrant new layer beneath.
- The skin around the wound sluffed off, leaving a clean and healing surface.
- The athlete's calluses sluffed off after a week of heavy training.
- The dead skin on his feet sluffed off, leaving them feeling smooth and refreshed.
- The surgeon carefully removed the sluffed tissue from the patient's leg.
- The scabs on her knees sluffed off, leaving no trace of the injury behind.
- The peeling paint on the car sluffed off like a layer of dead skin.
- The old tiles in the bathroom sluffed off, exposing the crumbling grout beneath.
- The oxidized metal surface sluffed off, revealing the shiny metal underneath.
FAQs About the word sluffed
to separate in the form of dead tissue from living tissue, an inlet on a river, to plod through or as if through mud, a creek in a marsh or tide flat, a mass of
stumbled,shuffled, stomped, weaved, plodded, trudged, pounded, scuffed, slogged, shambled
glided,slid, whisked, waltzed, hung, wafted, coasted,drifted, breezed, floated
The old paint on the walls sluffed off easily due to years of neglect.
The snake sluffed its skin to reveal a vibrant new layer beneath.
The skin around the wound sluffed off, leaving a clean and healing surface.
The athlete's calluses sluffed off after a week of heavy training.
