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Luffed vs Sluffed - What's the difference?

luffed | sluffed |

As verbs the difference between luffed and sluffed

is that luffed is past tense of luff while sluffed is past tense of sluff.

luffed

English

Verb

(head)
  • (luff)

    • Anagrams

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    luff

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (nautical) The vertical edge of a sail that is closest to the direction of the wind.
    • By easing the halyard, the luff of the sail was made to sag to leeward.
  • (nautical) The act of sailing a ship close to the wind.
  • (nautical) The roundest part of a ship's bow.
  • (nautical) The forward or weather leech of a sail, especially of the jib, spanker, and other fore-and-aft sails.

    • Verb

    (en verb)
  • (nautical, of a sail, intransitive) To shake due to being trimmed improperly.
  • (nautical, of a boat, intransitive) To alter course to windward so that the sails luff. (Alternatively luff up )
  • (nautical) to let out [a sail] so that it luffs.
  • (mechanical) To alter the vertical angle of the jib of a crane so as to bring it level with the load.
  • * {{quote-book
    • , year=1999 , author=Howard I. Shapiro, Jay P. Shapiro, Lawrence K. Shapiro , title=Cranes and Derricks , page=95 , isbn=0070578893 citation , passage=The tower is mounted on a slewing platform, which also carries the power plant and the counterweights, while the jib is supported and luffed by fixed pendant ropes.}}

    Derived terms

    * luff alee * luffing crane * luff round * luff tackle * luff upon luff

    References

    sluffed

    English

    Verb

    (head)
  • (sluff)

    • Anagrams

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    sluff

    English

    Alternative forms

    * slough

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (skin shed by a snake or other reptile).
    • That is the sluff of a rattler; we must be careful.
  • (dead skin on a sore or ulcer).
    • This is the sluff that came off of his skin after the burn.
  • An avalanche, mudslide, or a like slumping of material or debris.
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  • * {{quote-web, date=2002-03-02, author=Sid Perkins, title=Avalanche! Scientists are digging out the secrets of lethal flows of snow., site=The Free Library, url=http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Avalanche!+Scientists+are+digging+out+the+secrets+of+lethal+flows+of+...-a084054171,
    • , passage=At least for small sluffs like the ones Brown and his colleagues have triggered, the avalanche slides like a block of material instead of flowing like a fluid.}}

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (to shed or to slide off).
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  • ignore, shrug (off)
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  • (discard).
  • * {{quote-news, year=2009, date=February 16, author=Phillip Alder, title=At a Florida Game, an Unusual Double Squeeze, work=New York Times citation
    • , passage=If either played another club, declarer would ruff on the board and sluff his diamond queen.}}
  • to avoid working
    • He's sluffing off somewhere.

    Derived terms

    * sluffy

    Anagrams

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