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Sloughed — Slough Slough, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Sloughed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Sloughing}.] (Med.) To form a slough; to separate in the form of dead matter from the living tissues; often used with off, or away; as, a sloughing ulcer; the dead tissues slough off … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
sloughed — slaÊŠ n. swamp, bog; hole or depression filled with mud; despair, dejected state v. shed dead skin or tissue; abandon, throw off, get rid of; come off … English contemporary dictionary
slough off — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms slough off : present tense I/you/we/they slough off he/she/it sloughs off present participle sloughing off past tense sloughed off past participle sloughed off 1) literary to get rid of something that you do… … English dictionary
slough off — 1) see slough 2) PHRASAL VERB If you slough off something that you no longer want or need, you get rid of it. [WRITTEN] [V P n (not pron)] She tried hard to slough off her old personality... [V P n (not pron)] The nation states of Eastern Europe… … English dictionary
slough off something — slough off (something) to ignore something or behave as if it was unimportant. Politicians sloughed off public anger over the hospital cutbacks until several newspapers ran articles about it. He wrecked the car and then tried to slough it off… … New idioms dictionary
slough off — (something) to ignore something or behave as if it was unimportant. Politicians sloughed off public anger over the hospital cutbacks until several newspapers ran articles about it. He wrecked the car and then tried to slough it off like it was… … New idioms dictionary
slough off — verb 1. discard as undesirable the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers • Hypernyms: ↑get rid of, ↑remove • Verb Frames: Somebody s somebody 2. separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion … Useful english dictionary
slough something off — ˌslough sthˈoff derived (formal) to get rid of sth that you no longer want • Responsibilities are not sloughed off so easily. Main entry: ↑sloughderived … Useful english dictionary
integument — /in teg yeuh meuhnt/, n. 1. a natural covering, as a skin, shell, or rind. 2. any covering, coating, enclosure, etc. [1605 15; < L integumentum a covering. See IN 2, TEGUMENT] Syn. 1. cortex, involucre, involucrum. * * * Covering of the body,… … Universalium
angiosperm — /an jee euh sperrm /, n. Bot. a plant having its seeds enclosed in an ovary; a flowering plant. Cf. gymnosperm. [ANGIO + SPERM] * * * ▪ plant Introduction any member of the more than 300,000 species of flowering plants (division Anthophyta) … Universalium
Meristem — Tunica Corpus model of the apical meristem (growing tip). The epidermal (L1) and subepidermal (L2) layers form the outer layers called the tunica. The inner L3 layer is called the corpus. Cells in the L1 and L2 layers divide in a sideways fashion … Wikipedia
