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slough off
Overview of verb slough-off
The verb slough off has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. slough off -- (discard as undesirable; "the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers")
2. slough off -- (separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion)
Antonyms of verb slough-off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb slough-off
2 senses of slough off
Sense 1
slough off
=> get rid of, remove
Sense 2
slough off
=> amputate, cut off
=> remove, take, take away, withdraw
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb slough-off
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb slough-off
2 senses of slough off
Sense 1
slough off
=> get rid of, remove
Sense 2
slough off
=> amputate, cut off
'Cause To' of verb slough-off
Derived Forms of verb slough-off
Domain of verb slough-off
1 of 2 senses of slough off
Sense 2
slough off
TOPIC>(noun) medicine#3, practice of medicine#1
Domain Terms of verb slough-off
Familiarity of verb slough-off
slough off used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb slough-off
2 senses of slough off
Sense 1
slough off
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
slough off
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb slough-off
2 senses of slough off
Sense 1
slough off
> get rid of, remove
=> discard, fling, toss, toss out, toss away, chuck out, cast aside, dispose, throw out, cast out, throw away, cast away, put away
=> slough off
=> weed out, comb out
=> work off
=> cull
=> dump, ditch
=> unmuzzle
=> deaerate, de-aerate
=> decaffeinate
=> decarbonate
=> decerebrate
=> dechlorinate
=> defat
=> defibrinate
=> degrease
=> deionize
=> delist
=> delocalize
=> deoxygenate
=> destain
=> desulfurize, desulphurize
=> detick
=> devein
=> fettle
=> flesh
=> flense
=> kern
=> pith
=> scum
=> unbridle
Sense 2
slough off
> amputate, cut off
=> slough off
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb slough-off
Sense 1
slough off
=> get rid of, remove
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Sense 2
slough off
=> amputate, cut off
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