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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. discard as undesirable;
- Example: "the candidate sloughed off his former campaign workers"

2. separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion; 



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

slough off
    v 1: discard as undesirable; "the candidate sloughed off his
         former campaign workers"
    2: separate from surrounding living tissue, as in an abortion