sluff Synonyms
sluff Meaning
sluff
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
sluff Sentence Examples
- The snake's skin sluffed off smoothly, revealing a vibrant new coat beneath.
- The humidity of the bathroom caused my skin to sluff, leaving it soft and supple.
- The old paint on the house sluffed off easily under the pressure washer's stream.
- The dying leaves on the tree sluffed off, carried by the autumn wind.
- The barnacles on the hull of the boat had become loose and could be sluffed off with a gentle scrape.
- The exfoliating scrub helped to sluff off dead skin cells, leaving my complexion radiant.
- The erosion caused by the heavy rain sluffed off layers of soil, exposing the bedrock below.
- The scaling on the fish's body sluffed off during the spawning season.
- The bandages sluffed off from the wound as it healed.
- The layers of sedimentary rock had been deposited over time and then sluffed off by glaciers.
FAQs About the word sluff
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
marsh, wetland, muskeg, swampland, morass,swamp, moor, bog, marshland, mire
coast, breeze, slide, glide, hang, drift, waltz, hover,float, whisk
The snake's skin sluffed off smoothly, revealing a vibrant new coat beneath.
The humidity of the bathroom caused my skin to sluff, leaving it soft and supple.
The old paint on the house sluffed off easily under the pressure washer's stream.
The dying leaves on the tree sluffed off, carried by the autumn wind.
