Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to slough
Participle: sloughed
Gerund: sloughing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | slough |
| you | slough |
| he;she;it | sloughs |
| we | slough |
| you | slough |
| they | slough |
Perfect
| I | have sloughed |
| you | have sloughed |
| he;she;it | has sloughed |
| we | have sloughed |
| you | have sloughed |
| they | have sloughed |
Past
| I | sloughed |
| you | sloughed |
| he;she;it | sloughed |
| we | sloughed |
| you | sloughed |
| they | sloughed |
Pluperfect
| I | had sloughed |
| you | had sloughed |
| he;she;it | had sloughed |
| we | had sloughed |
| you | had sloughed |
| they | had sloughed |
Future
| I | will slough |
| you | will slough |
| he;she;it | will slough |
| we | will slough |
| you | will slough |
| they | will slough |
Future Perfect
| I | will have sloughed |
| you | will have sloughed |
| he;she;it | will have sloughed |
| we | will have sloughed |
| you | will have sloughed |
| they | will have sloughed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | slough |
| you | slough |
| he;she;it | slough |
| we | slough |
| you | slough |
| they | slough |
Perfect
| I | have sloughed |
| you | have sloughed |
| he;she;it | have sloughed |
| we | have sloughed |
| you | have sloughed |
| they | have sloughed |
Imperfect
| I | sloughed |
| you | sloughed |
| he;she;it | sloughed |
| we | sloughed |
| you | sloughed |
| they | sloughed |
Pluperfect
| I | had sloughed |
| you | had sloughed |
| he;she;it | had sloughed |
| we | had sloughed |
| you | had sloughed |
| they | had sloughed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would slough |
| you | would slough |
| he;she;it | would slough |
| we | would slough |
| you | would slough |
| they | would slough |
Perfect
| I | would have sloughed |
| you | would have sloughed |
| he;she;it | would have sloughed |
| we | would have sloughed |
| you | would have sloughed |
| they | would have sloughed |
Imperative
| you | slough |
| we | Let's slough |
| you | slough |
Verbs conjugated like 'slough'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'slough'
plough,
slouch,
sough,
cough,
dough,
floush,
hough,
laugh,
rough,
scouch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. From Middle English slogh, slugh, slouh, from Proto-Germanic *sluk-, perhaps related to *sleupaną (“to slip, sneak”) (compare Gothic 𐍃𐌻𐌹𐌿𐍀𐌰𐌽 (sliupan)).
2. Akin to Middle Low German slô (“sheath, skin on a hoof”). Perhaps also related with Old Saxon slūk (“snakeskin”), Middle High German slūch, whence German Schlauch (“waterskin, hose”).
Sample Sentences
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This skin is being sloughed.
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Snakes slough their skin periodically.
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When Harper came back into the infirmary of the Hyperion, Alec was laboriously trying to pull on his pants. His burned skin had healed over the intervening day, the damaged layer sloughed off and quickly replaced thanks to SAM’s efforts, but the buildup of waste products in Alec’s body from the accelerated healing had left him with sore muscles and achy joints. [2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 16, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 293:]
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A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off.
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The mud sloughed off her palms easily […] [2013, Casey Watson, Mummy’s Little Helper: The heartrending true story of a young girl:]
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1944 United States. Bureau of Mines · War Minerals Report 386. Google books
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The adit penetrated the vug ... and at this level ... it was filled with material that had ... sloughed off the walls.
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An avalanche sloughing off a Utah mountainside killed a state Department of Transportation avalanche forecaster while he was surveying snow levels near a popular winter recreation area, authorities reported. [2013 April 13, Michael Mello, “Avalanche forecaster killed in Utah avalanche”, in Los Angeles Times:]
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East sloughed a heart.