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1. Meaning 1 · noun

   A long, narrow container, open on top, for feeding or watering animals.

   “One of Hank's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening.”

2. Meaning 2 · noun

   Any similarly shaped container.

3. Meaning 3 · noun

   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.”

4. Meaning 4 · noun

   A gutter under the eaves of a building; an eaves trough.

   “The troughs were filled with leaves and needed clearing.”

5. Meaning 5 · noun

   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.

6. Meaning 6 · noun

   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.”

7. Meaning 7 · noun

   A linear atmospheric depression associated with a weather front.

8. Meaning 8 · verb

   To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough.

   “he troughed his way through three meat pies.”

How this word is used

• Everyday “One of Hank's chores was to slop the pigs' trough each morning and evening.”
• General “There was a small trough that the sump pump emptied into; it was filled with mosquito larvae.”
• General “The troughs were filled with leaves and needed clearing.”
• General “The buoy bobbed between the crests and troughs of the waves moving across the bay.”
• Everyday “he troughed his way through three meat pies.”

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