Word: sloughing
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: sloughing
Definition: The act of casting off the skin or shell; ecdysis.
Morphemes:
Affix: slough
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: Dead skin on a sore or ulcer.
Affix: -ing
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form gerunds, a type of verbal nouns, from verbs.