sluffing Synonyms
sluffing Meaning
sluffing
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
sluffing Sentence Examples
- The lizard shed its outer skin through a process called sluffing.
- The old paint on the walls was beginning to sluff off in large flakes.
- The sunburn caused his skin to sluff off painfully.
- The edges of the bandage were sluffing away, revealing the wound beneath.
- The dead cells on the surface of her skin were sluffing off, revealing a brighter complexion.
- The snake's skin would sluff off in one whole piece.
- The skin on his palms was sluffing due to excessive dryness.
- The roof tiles were old and starting to sluff, posing a safety hazard.
- The old man's body was sluffing away, leaving only a frail skeleton.
- The wallpaper was sluffing off in strips, making the room look unkempt.
FAQs About the word sluffing
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
shuffling, stomping, stumbling, barging, floundering, trudging, lumbering, clumping, lurching, flogging
coasting, gliding,sliding, floating, hovering,whisking, hanging, breezing, drifting, wafting
The lizard shed its outer skin through a process called sluffing.
The old paint on the walls was beginning to sluff off in large flakes.
The sunburn caused his skin to sluff off painfully.
The edges of the bandage were sluffing away, revealing the wound beneath.
