sluffed
/slʌft/
verb
- Past tense of sluff: shed or cast off dead tissue, skin, or a covering.
- After the sunburn, her shoulders sluffed layers of dead skin.
- The tree sluffed its bark during the dry season.
- The snake sluffed its old skin in one long piece.
- Past tense of sluff: got rid of something unwanted or unnecessary.
- The company sluffed its least profitable division last year.
- He sluffed his old textbooks to make room on the shelf.
- She sluffed the blame onto her teammate.