Trough
noun
A long container from which animals eat or drink.
Fill the trough with clean water for the cows.
Often appears as...
- feed trough
- water trough
noun
A low point or point of depression between two high points, especially in economics.
The country is in an economic trough right now.
Often appears as...
- economic trough
- trough of recession
noun
A hollow in a wave.
In a wave, the peak is the highest point and the trough is the lowest.
Often appears as...
- wave trough
- trough of wave
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A channel, gully, or valley, typically one that is carved by water.
The rain carved a small trough in the dirt road.
Often appears as...
- water trough
- carved trough
noun
A long container from which animals eat or drink.
Fill the trough with clean water for the cows.
Often appears as...
- feed trough
- water trough
noun
A low point or point of depression between two high points, especially in economics.
The country is in an economic trough right now.
Often appears as...
- economic trough
- trough of recession
noun
A hollow in a wave.
In a wave, the peak is the highest point and the trough is the lowest.
Often appears as...
- wave trough
- trough of wave
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A channel, gully, or valley, typically one that is carved by water.
The rain carved a small trough in the dirt road.
Often appears as...
- water trough
- carved trough
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Pro Tip 1/2Farm Settings
Trough is commonly used when talking about feeding or watering farm animals.
The pigs were gathered around the feed trough.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Object
Trough refers to a real, physical object that is usually rectangular and open on top.
The horse kicked over the water trough.
Pro Tip 1/2Farm Settings
Trough is commonly used when talking about feeding or watering farm animals.
The pigs were gathered around the feed trough.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Object
Trough refers to a real, physical object that is usually rectangular and open on top.
The horse kicked over the water trough.
Pro Tip 1/2Farm Settings
Trough is commonly used when talking about feeding or watering farm animals.
The pigs were gathered around the feed trough.
Pro Tip 2/2Physical Object
Trough refers to a real, physical object that is usually rectangular and open on top.
The horse kicked over the water trough.
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Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
name if I could hear that again it would be hugely helpful Odie farming now Odie farming you want to know about the social structure of giraffe trough I interesting they're not territorial and they don't really have a set herd structure they're quite social creatures they'll gather together in these herds and then sometimes I'll just wander off
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Chris Anderson (Wired):...
kind of the trajectory of a technology's lifespan. And just for fun, we put a bunch of technologies on it, to show whether they were kind of rising for the first high peak, or whether they were about to crash into the trough of disillusionment,
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Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
knew there was a coelacanth and the rivers there and he said no and I said well one day I was watching and studying and fiddling with these bones and all of a sudden it came to me maybe it had no two sockets maybe had a giant trough
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Precious Water PIPE Survive...
been dug straight into the sand with no supporting structure and it regularly collapses these balls just keep caving in on us cows need a lot of water and getting it out of the ground and up to the trough his serious physical work
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A global pandemic calls...
especially in the developing world, to treat people. So slow down, slow down the speed of the epidemic, and then in the troughs, in between waves, jump on, double down, step on it, and find every case, trace every contact,
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How tsunamis work - Alex...
They have a trough and a crest, and consist not of moving water, but the movement of energy through water. The difference is in where this energy comes from. For normal ocean waves, it comes from wind.
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The hidden meanings of...
Something can be yin or yang depending on, well, depending on lots of things. So, while wheat that's growing is yang, when it's being reaped, it's yin. A wave's crest is yang, and the trough is yin.
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Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
the attacking trough workers drive on into the nest as news of the attack reaches the corral queen she withdraws to the deepest chambers
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Ants Rip Queen's Legs...
the attacking trough workers drive on into the nest as news of the attack reaches the corral queen she withdraws to the deepest chambers
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BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
the attacking trough workers drive on into the nest as news of the attack reaches the corral Queen she withdraws to the deepest
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 35 PIPE...
name if I could hear that again it would be hugely helpful Odie farming now Odie farming you want to know about the social structure of giraffe trough I interesting they're not territorial and they don't really have a set herd structure they're quite social creatures they'll gather together in these herds and then sometimes I'll just wander off
Video examples
Chris Anderson (Wired):...
kind of the trajectory of a technology's lifespan. And just for fun, we put a bunch of technologies on it, to show whether they were kind of rising for the first high peak, or whether they were about to crash into the trough of disillusionment,
Video examples
Extreme Dinosaurs PIPE...
knew there was a coelacanth and the rivers there and he said no and I said well one day I was watching and studying and fiddling with these bones and all of a sudden it came to me maybe it had no two sockets maybe had a giant trough
Video examples
Precious Water PIPE Survive...
been dug straight into the sand with no supporting structure and it regularly collapses these balls just keep caving in on us cows need a lot of water and getting it out of the ground and up to the trough his serious physical work
Video examples
A global pandemic calls...
especially in the developing world, to treat people. So slow down, slow down the speed of the epidemic, and then in the troughs, in between waves, jump on, double down, step on it, and find every case, trace every contact,
Video examples
How tsunamis work - Alex...
They have a trough and a crest, and consist not of moving water, but the movement of energy through water. The difference is in where this energy comes from. For normal ocean waves, it comes from wind.
Video examples
The hidden meanings of...
Something can be yin or yang depending on, well, depending on lots of things. So, while wheat that's growing is yang, when it's being reaped, it's yin. A wave's crest is yang, and the trough is yin.
Video examples
Best Of Ants PIPE BBC Earth
the attacking trough workers drive on into the nest as news of the attack reaches the corral queen she withdraws to the deepest chambers
Video examples
Ants Rip Queen's Legs...
the attacking trough workers drive on into the nest as news of the attack reaches the corral queen she withdraws to the deepest chambers
Video examples
BBC Earth 50 Top Natural...
the attacking trough workers drive on into the nest as news of the attack reaches the corral Queen she withdraws to the deepest
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Quote examples
Chip Gaines
American Entertainer
Getting up at four in the morning to tend the farm while the world is quiet - feeding animals, mucking stalls, gathering eggs, filling water troughs, checking fences, letting animals out into the field - is a high point to my day.
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Charles Koch
American Businessman
Far too many well-connected businesses are feeding at the federal trough. By addressing corporate welfare as well as other forms of welfare, we would add a whole new level of understanding to the notion of entitlement reform.
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Barkha Dutt
Indian Journalist
The crests and troughs in Covid-19 cases and the spikes and falls of daily infographics by which we now measure the wellness of our lives have been based mostly on city-driven data.
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Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
I've come to understand that migraine is a part of the personality. I have migraine troughs. These often follow high productivity. I have a hypo-manic phase, then I'll crash.
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Paul Harvey
American Journalist
Cut out the free feed for the boss hogs at the public trough and the spill-over they've been leaving us. We'll manage.
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Steve Hanke
American Economist
It turns out that the rich are much better placed to feed at the public trough. The poor get crumbs.
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Michael Lee-Chin
Jamaican Businessman
Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the troughs that defines you.
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Ben Kingsley
English Actor
There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.
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Karl Shapiro
American Poet
Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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Diogenes
Greek Philosopher
I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
Quote examples
Chip Gaines
American Entertainer
Getting up at four in the morning to tend the farm while the world is quiet - feeding animals, mucking stalls, gathering eggs, filling water troughs, checking fences, letting animals out into the field - is a high point to my day.
Quote examples
Charles Koch
American Businessman
Far too many well-connected businesses are feeding at the federal trough. By addressing corporate welfare as well as other forms of welfare, we would add a whole new level of understanding to the notion of entitlement reform.
Quote examples
Barkha Dutt
Indian Journalist
The crests and troughs in Covid-19 cases and the spikes and falls of daily infographics by which we now measure the wellness of our lives have been based mostly on city-driven data.
Quote examples
Siri Hustvedt
American Novelist
I've come to understand that migraine is a part of the personality. I have migraine troughs. These often follow high productivity. I have a hypo-manic phase, then I'll crash.
Quote examples
Paul Harvey
American Journalist
Cut out the free feed for the boss hogs at the public trough and the spill-over they've been leaving us. We'll manage.
Quote examples
Steve Hanke
American Economist
It turns out that the rich are much better placed to feed at the public trough. The poor get crumbs.
Quote examples
Michael Lee-Chin
Jamaican Businessman
Life is not linear; you have ups and downs. It's how you deal with the troughs that defines you.
Quote examples
Ben Kingsley
English Actor
There have not been any troughs as regards my work. There's never been a trough of my assurance.
Quote examples
Karl Shapiro
American Poet
Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
Quote examples
Diogenes
Greek Philosopher
I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough.
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