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1. The process whereby something is shed
   - shedding

1. Cast off hair, skin, horn, or feathers
   "our dog sloughs every Spring"
   - shed, molt [N. Amer], exuviate, moult [Brit, Cdn]

Type of: biological process, cast, cast off, drop, lose, organic process, shake off, shed, throw, throw away, throw off

Encyclopedia: Slough Slough, England