Sloughed - English meaning

verb

Cease to support or look after (someone); desert.

Usage examples:

Her natural mother had abandoned her at an early age

noun

Complete lack of inhibition or restraint.

Usage examples:

She sings and sways with total abandon

verb

Forsake; leave behind

verb

Get rid of (someone or something) as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Hilary bundled up the clothes she had discarded

noun

A thing rejected as no longer useful or desirable.

Usage examples:

Caught by bottom-trawling, which causes damage to the seabed, and is part of a complex mixed fisher…

verb

Anything that is cast aside

verb

Let or make (something) fall vertically.

Usage examples:

The fire was caused by someone dropping a lighted cigarette

noun

A small round or pear-shaped portion of liquid that hangs or falls or adheres to a surface.

Usage examples:

The first drops of rain splashed on the ground

verb

Let fall to the ground

verb

Throw or drop (something) from an aircraft or ship.

Usage examples:

Six aircraft jettisoned their loads in the sea

noun

The action of jettisoning something.

Usage examples:

The jettison lever

verb

To throw away or get rid of something that is not wanted or needed

Usage examples:

Some of her material will probably be jettisoned for the tv show., the bombs were jettisoned over t…

verb

Dismiss as inadequate, unacceptable, or faulty.

Usage examples:

Union negotiators rejected a 1.5 per cent pay award

noun

A person or thing dismissed as inadequate or unacceptable.

Usage examples:

Some of the team's rejects have gone on to prove themselves in championships

verb

To refuse to accept, use, or believe something or someone

Usage examples:

The school rejects a third of all applicants., as a child, she had felt rejected by her mother., in…

verb

Voluntarily cease to keep or claim; give up.

Usage examples:

He relinquished his managerial role to become chief executive

verb

Refuse to accept; reject.

Usage examples:

She has repudiated policies associated with previous party leaders

verb

To refuse to accept or obey something or someone; reject

Usage examples:

The evidence presented at the trial has since been repudiated., the election results were a repudia…

verb

To decide that an agreement is no longer effective and that you will not do what it says you must do

Usage examples:

Repudiate a contract/agreement failure to deliver on time will entitle the buyer to repudiate the c…

noun

A small piece or amount of something, especially one that is left over after the greater part has been used.

Usage examples:

I scribbled her address on a scrap of paper

verb

Discard or remove from service (a redundant, old, or inoperative vehicle, vessel, or machine), especially so as to convert it to scrap metal.

Usage examples:

A bold decision was taken to scrap existing plant

verb

Engage in a minor fight or quarrel.

Usage examples:

The older boys started scrapping with me

noun

A simple roofed structure used for garden storage, to shelter animals, or as a workshop.

Usage examples:

A bicycle shed

verb

Park (a vehicle) in a depot.

Usage examples:

The buses were temporarily shedded in that depot

verb

(of a tree or other plant) allow (leaves or fruit) to fall to the ground.

Usage examples:

Both varieties shed leaves in winter

idiom

Minimize the importance of, brush aside

phrasal verb

Dismiss something as unimportant.

Usage examples:

The managing director shrugged off the criticism

phrasal verb

To treat something as if it is not important or not a problem

Usage examples:

The stock market shrugged off the economic gloom and rose by 1.5 percent., you're a father and you …

collocation

Throw or cast away

phrasal verb

Discard something as unwanted.

Usage examples:

I threw out all the old torn clothes

phrasal verb

(of a court, legislature, or other body) dismiss or reject something brought before it.

Usage examples:

The charges were thrown out by the magistrate