Meaning

• The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

  "That is the slough of a rattler; we must be careful."

• Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.

  "This is the slough that came off of his skin after the burn."

Meaning

• To shed (skin).

  "Snakes slough their skin periodically."

• To slide off (like a layer of skin).

  "A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off."

• To discard.

  "East sloughed a heart."

• (Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)

  ""Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!""