Definition of "sloughing" [slough•ing]

• Present participle of slough. (verb)
• Something sloughed off. (noun)
• The act of casting off the skin or shell; ecdysis. (noun)

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• "In years past, this kind of sloughing off of the various predilections that make someone an adult didn't have the far-reaching effect that it does today; before the age of viral transmission, YouTubed kingmaking and iRule, prepubescents didn't really have the ability to inflict their will on the rest of us."
• "American romantic literature finished its "sloughing" and achieved a uniqueness that distinguished it from the writings of Europe."
• "If lameness is due to acute inflammation bad results such as sloughing and loss of the hoof may follow; and if large exostoses mechanically interfere with function of the joint, or where articular erosions exist, no possible good can come from neurectomy."