[{"word":"sloughing","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To shed (skin).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Snakes slough their skin periodically."},{"definition":"To slide off (like a layer of skin).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"A week after he was burned, a layer of skin on his arm sloughed off."},{"definition":"To discard.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"East sloughed a heart."},{"definition":"(Western US) To commit truancy, be absent from school without permission. (compare ditch)","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"\"Dude, Kaydn and Jarom are totally sloughing today!\""}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Something sloughed off.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"The act of casting off the skin or shell; ecdysis.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/slough","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sloughing"]}]