"slough off" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: sloughs off [present, singular, third-person], sloughing off [participle, present], sloughed off [participle, past], sloughed off [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} slough off (third-person singular simple present sloughs off, present participle sloughing off, simple past and past participle sloughed off)
  1. To discard something useless or unwanted.
    Sense id: en-slough_off-en-verb-EkpwYHBO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "off", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sloughing off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sloughed off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sloughed off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs formed with \"off\"",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discard something useless or unwanted."
      ],
      "id": "en-slough_off-en-verb-EkpwYHBO",
      "links": [
        [
          "discard",
          "discard"
        ],
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ],
        [
          "unwanted",
          "unwanted"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "slough off"
}

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sloughing off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sloughed off",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "sloughed off",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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    }
  ],
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  "senses": [
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        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
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        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To discard something useless or unwanted."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "discard",
          "discard"
        ],
        [
          "useless",
          "useless"
        ],
        [
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          "unwanted"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "slough off"
}

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