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trough en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /tɹɑf/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • audio Midwest
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • trôth (US, dialectal) without the cot–caught merger
  • /tɹɒf/ (New-Zealand)
  • /tɹɑθ/ (US, cot-caught-merger, dialectal)
  • /tɹɒf/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /tɹɔf/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /tɹɔθ/ (US, dialectal) without the cot–caught merger
  • /tɹɒf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [tɹɔ̟f] (New-Zealand)
  • /tɹɔf/ (Australia)
  • /tɹɑf/ (dialectal) of Canada

Etymology

PIE word *dóru From Middle English trogh, from Old English troh, trog (“a trough, tub, basin, vessel for containing liquids or other materials”), from Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *drukós, enlargement of *dóru (“tree”). See also West Frisian trôch, Dutch trog, German Trog, Danish trug, Swedish tråg; also Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), Old Armenian տարգալ (targal, “ladle, spoon”). More at tree.

Meanings

  1. A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.
    • One of Harriet's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening.
  2. Any similarly shaped container.
    • Now, covered concrete troughs to house the cables are laid parallel with the railway lines, cheapening maintenance because of improved accessibility for inspection and repair. 1961 November, “Talking of Trains: The North Eastern's new rail-mounted piling unit”, in Trains Illustrated, page 646:
    • It just clips on the front of the stage without any special trough, has no great power and occupies only one dimmer, […] 1976, Frederick Bentham, The art of stage lighting, page 233:
  3. (Australia, New-Zealand) Any similarly shaped container. ▸ A rectangular container used for washing or rinsing clothes.
    • Ernest threw his paint brushes into a kind of trough he had fashioned from sheet metal that he kept in the sink.
  4. A short, narrow canal designed to hold water until it drains or evaporates.
    • There was a small trough that the sump pump emptied into; it was filled with mosquito larvae.
  5. (colloquial) An undivided metal urinal (plumbing fixture)
  6. (Canada) A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.
    • The troughs were filled with leaves and needed clearing.
  7. (Australia, New-Zealand) A channel for conveying water or other farm liquids (such as milk) from place to place by gravity; any ‘U’ or ‘V’ cross-sectioned irrigation channel.
  8. A long, narrow depression between waves or ridges; the low portion of a wave cycle.
    • The buoy bobbed between the crests and troughs of the waves moving across the bay.
    • The neurologist pointed to a troubling trough in the pattern of his brain-waves.
  9. A low turning point or a local minimum of a business cycle.
  10. A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
troughs Number=Plur lexicographic

Antonyms

peak

Deriveds

pneumatic trough · book trough · trougher · troughlike · kneading trough · washtrough · trough lolly · trough shell · Gunn-Peterson trough · glacial trough · pentrough · Langmuir-Blodgett trough · wine trough · slake trough · Sylhet Trough · troughwise · winetrough · troughless · troughy · trough lake · trough-shell · eavestrough · troughful · water trough · LB trough · trough valley · troughway

Synonyms

manger

Translations (227)

ro vălău (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · scn canaluni (short, narrow drainage canal) · scn canali (short, narrow drainage canal) · pl zatoka (niskiego ciśnienia) (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · pl dolina (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · sh korito (a long, narrow container open at the top) · hy կերակրատաշտ (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · dsb kóryto (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · ota یالاق (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · unm kwënënchu (a long, narrow container open at the top) · fi pohja (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · gl augadoiro (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sv vattenho (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · hy տաշտ (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · fr thalweg (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · cmn 飼槽 /饲槽 (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · ota تكنه (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · cmn 料槽 (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · gl manxadoira (a long, narrow container open at the top) · mi awaawa (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · cs brázda (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · ca grípia (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · ro troacă (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · gl pía (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · ru ва́нночка (a long, narrow container open at the top) · no bølgedal (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · is jata (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · ru лоха́нь (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · eu ganbela (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · hu teknő (a long, narrow container open at the top) · ar فِنْطَاس (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · it canale di scolo (short, narrow drainage canal) · la canālēs (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sk koryto (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · he רַהַט (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · hu vályú (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · fr auge (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sk žľab (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · de Rinne (short, narrow drainage canal) · gl baño (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sh корито (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · ru кана́ва (short, narrow drainage canal) · scn canalata (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · sv tråg (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · da trug (a long, narrow container open at the top) · fi kaukalo (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · fi aallonpohja (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · scn scifu (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · pl rynna (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · el σκάφη (a long, narrow container open at the top) · de Mulde (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sh rov (short, narrow drainage canal) · vi máng ăn (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · izh allas (a long, narrow container open at the top) · sk úval (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · da trug (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · scn abbiviraturi (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · cs žlab (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · gl canlón (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · es vaguada (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · grc γοῦρνα (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sk úžľabina (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · fr abreuvoir (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · ro adăpătoare (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sv tråg (a long, narrow container open at the top) · tl lambak (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · ru корму́шка (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · cic piini' (a long, narrow container open at the top) · ru кюве́тка (a long, narrow container open at the top) · sq lug (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · it gronda (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · es pesebre (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · ca buida (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · da lavtryksudløber (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · he אבוס (a long, narrow container open at the top) · lv dziļvaga (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · ota تكنه (a long, narrow container open at the top) · gd amar (a long, narrow container open at the top) · de Graben (short, narrow drainage canal) · gl barcal (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · tr yalak (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · de Wellental (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · pt calha (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · fr creux (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · no takrenne (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · ca conc (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · es batea (a long, narrow container open at the top) · de Trog (a long, narrow container open at the top) · sv takränna (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · sq koritë (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · it grondaia (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · no trau (a long, narrow container open at the top) · da bølgedal (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · ksw ကျီး (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · ca cóm (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sh žljeb (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · de Tiefdruckrinne (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · pt vale (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · mi waka (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · he שוקת (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · scn fossu (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · lv notekrene (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · ru ложби́на (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · sv matho (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · ga trach (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · gl baño (a long, narrow container open at the top) · sh korito (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · pl niż (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · fr gouttière (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · sv ränna (short, narrow drainage canal) · es canal (short, narrow drainage canal) · ca tàlveg (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · sh dol (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · it avvallamento (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · bg водосток (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · bg корито (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · gl bebedoiro (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sv ho (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · ru жёлоб (a long, narrow container open at the top) · es valle (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · cmn 低壓槽 /低压槽 (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · fi matalapaineen alue (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · gl manxadoiro (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · la alveus (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sh valov (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · scn lavanaru (short, narrow drainage canal) · es abrevadero (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · nl trog (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · pt cocho (a long, narrow container open at the top) · ang trog (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · fa آبشخور (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · gd amar (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · pt comedouro (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · gl maseira (a long, narrow container open at the top) · fi kouru (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · ko 구유 (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · bg падина (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · scn gebbia (a long, narrow container open at the top) · ca menjadora (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sv tråg (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · scn pila (a long, narrow container open at the top) · mi hake (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sl korito (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · gl suarego (short, narrow drainage canal) · it madia (a long, narrow container open at the top) · ru впа́дина (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · ca obi (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · mn тэвш (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · cic piini' (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · cv такана (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · pl rów (short, narrow drainage canal) · de Trog (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · da trug (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · da tagrende (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · de Futtertrog (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · eo trogo (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sk dolina (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · kix yōhchìu (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · lv sile (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · es comedero (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · cs koryto (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · es canaleta (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · pt cocheira (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · mk па́дина (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · it fossa (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · la linter (a long, narrow container open at the top) · no kar (a long, narrow container open at the top) · dsb kóryto (a long, narrow container open at the top) · pl żłób (a long, narrow container open at the top) · pl żłób (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · crh oluq (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · da kar (a long, narrow container open at the top) · sk hrant (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · ja かいばおけ (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · gu હવાડો (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · scn canala (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · he מרזב (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · scn scifu (a long, narrow container open at the top) · bg улук (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · mk ко́рито (a long, narrow container open at the top) · mk ко́рито (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · pt cavado (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · hy գուռ (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · scn vacila (a long, narrow container open at the top) · da rende (short, narrow drainage canal) · pt cocho (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · fi kaukalo (a long, narrow container open at the top) · mi ngao (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · ru жёлоб (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · pl koryto (a long, narrow container open at the top) · sk údolie (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · be кары́та (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · sv vågdal (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · ru коры́то (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · vi máng (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · ru жёлоб (short, narrow drainage canal) · gl pexegueira (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · bg канавка (short, narrow drainage canal) · it abbeveratoio (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · grc φάτνη (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · gl presel (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · om bidiruu (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · lv ieplaka (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · de Dachrinne (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · ru котлови́на (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · it tinozza (a long, narrow container open at the top) · hsb korto (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · gl val (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · uk кори́то (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · lv tekne (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · nb trau (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · no renne (short, narrow drainage canal) · pl koryto (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · izh allas (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · it mastello (a long, narrow container open at the top) · gl cambeleira (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · it trogolo (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · scn gebbia (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · lv rene (a gutter under the eaves of a building) · gsw Barme (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · no lavtrykksrenne (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · scn vaḍḍuni (a long, narrow depression between waves or ridges) · nn trau (a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · cmn(a long, narrow, open container for feeding animals) · it superficie di attraversamento (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · de Trog (a linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front) · bg корито (a long, narrow container open at the top)

trough en · VERB

Pronunciation

  • /tɹɑf/ (cot-caught-merger)
  • audio Midwest
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • trôth (US, dialectal) without the cot–caught merger
  • /tɹɒf/ (New-Zealand)
  • /tɹɑθ/ (US, cot-caught-merger, dialectal)
  • /tɹɒf/ (Canada, dialectal) of the US
  • /tɹɔf/ without the cot–caught merger
  • /tɹɔθ/ (US, dialectal) without the cot–caught merger
  • /tɹɒf/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • [tɹɔ̟f] (New-Zealand)
  • /tɹɔf/ (Australia)
  • /tɹɑf/ (dialectal) of Canada

Etymology

PIE word *dóru From Middle English trogh, from Old English troh, trog (“a trough, tub, basin, vessel for containing liquids or other materials”), from Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *drukós, enlargement of *dóru (“tree”). See also West Frisian trôch, Dutch trog, German Trog, Danish trug, Swedish tråg; also Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), Old Armenian տարգալ (targal, “ladle, spoon”). More at tree.

Meanings

  1. To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough.
    • He troughed his way through three meat pies.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
troughing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
troughs Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
troughed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
troughed Tense=Past lexicographic

Relateds

trench · ditch · crib