sluff

Senso (Inglese)

Noun

1. Alternative spelling of slough (skin shed by a snake or other reptile).
2. Alternative spelling of slough (dead skin on a sore or ulcer).
3. An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.

Verb

1. Alternative spelling of slough (to shed or to slide off).
2. ignore, shrug (off)
3. Alternative spelling of slough (discard).
4. to avoid working
5. To play truant from (school).

Sinonimi

discard

dispose

fling

fling away

jettison

throw away

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Pronunciato come (IPA)

/slʌf/

Etimologia (Inglese)

From Middle English slough (“skin, husk, rind; cocoon; scales; cyst”), akin to Middle High German slûch (“slough”) (whence German Schlauch (“tube, hose”)).