1. to shed or cast off (dead tissue, skin, etc.)
Usage: medical
2. to discard as unimportant or burdensome
Usage: informal

1. dead tissue that separates from healthy tissue
Usage: medical

Examples

• The wound began to sluff off dead skin as it healed.
• Snakes sluff their old skin as they grow.
• She decided to sluff her old habits and start fresh.
• The company sluffed several unprofitable divisions.
• The doctor removed the sluff from the patient’s wound.
• A thick sluff had formed over the burn.