Trough definition
(meteorology) An elongated region of relatively low atmospheric pressure, often associated with a front.
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A long, narrow depression, as between waves or ridges.
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A long, narrow, open container of wood, stone, etc. for holding water or food for animals.
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A gutter under the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.
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A narrow, elongated region of relatively low atmospheric pressure occurring at the ground surface or in the upper atmosphere, and often associated with a front.
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A low in any cycle, esp. in an economic cycle.
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A long, narrow area of low barometric pressure.
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A low point in a business cycle or on a statistical graph.
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Any similarly shaped vessel, as one for kneading or washing something.
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A long, narrow hollow or depression, as between waves.
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The part of a wave with the least magnitude; the lowest part of a wave.
Any of various similar containers for domestic or industrial use, such as kneading or washing.
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The definition of a trough is a long and narrow container.
An example of a trough is what pigs eat out of.
An example of a trough is a long container in which plants grow next to each other.
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(physics) A minimum point in a wave or an alternating signal.
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A long, narrow, generally shallow receptacle for holding water or feed for animals.
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The period when a bear market is ending and prices begin to rise. On a price chart, a trough looks like the bottom half of the letter “o.”
Any similarly shaped container.
- (Australia, New Zealand) 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.
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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.
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(agriculture, 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.
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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.
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To eat in a vulgar style, as if eating from a trough.
He troughed his way through 3 meat pies.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
trough
Plural:
troughsOrigin of trough
- Middle English from Old English trog deru- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
- From Old English trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugÄ…, *trugaz (compare West Frisian trôch, Dutch trog, Swedish trÃ¥g), from Proto-Indo-European *dru-kó (compare Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin"), Old Armenian Õ¿Õ¡Ö€Õ£Õ¡Õ¬ (targal, “ladle, spoon"), enlargement of *dóru (“tree")). More at tree.
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