[Elamur Dictionary](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/trough/) [dictionaries](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [English](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/) / [T](https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/t/) / trough # trough noun (a trough, troughs) «trough» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova. ## Everyday 1. A trough is a long narrow open box that holds water or food for farm animals like pigs, cows or horses. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/#m1) 2. (science) A trough is the low point between two waves, or between two high points on a graph. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/#m2) 3. (weather) A trough is a long area of low air pressure, which often brings rain. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/#m3) 4. A trough is a low or bad time, after a good one, as in «peaks and troughs». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/#m4) 5. (informal) To have your snout in the trough means to take more money or benefits than you should. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/#m5) ### In the lessons On the farm, animals drink from a trough. In science lessons about waves (sound, light, water), the crest is the top and the trough is the bottom; the height from the middle to the crest is the amplitude. On line graphs, the lowest dips are troughs. Phrases: «peaks and troughs», «water trough», «feeding trough». ### Examples - The pigs pushed their noses into the trough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/#x1) - The horse drank from the stone trough by the gate. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/#x2) - The boat sank into the trough between two huge waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/#x3) - Label the crest and the trough on your wave diagram. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/#x4) - The graph shows peaks in summer and troughs in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/#x5) - A trough of low pressure will bring rain tomorrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/#x6) - Business has its peaks and troughs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/#x7) - The Worm drew nearer and nearer, till at last it came up to the trough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/#x8) ### Note Said «troff» (rhymes with off), not «trow» or «true». Plural: troughs. Opposite of trough on a wave is «crest» (or «peak»). Spelling trap: ough is said many ways — tough, through, though, trough, bough. ## In Jewish tradition A trough is a container. In the Torah it is a kneading-trough, a bowl for making dough. In Judges it is a watering-trough for animals, where people gather and tell of God's righteous acts. In the primary lessons: On the farm, animals drink from a trough. In science lessons about waves (sound, light, water), the crest is the top and the trough is the bottom; the height from the middle to the crest is the amplitude. On line graphs, the lowest dips are troughs. Phrases: «peaks and troughs», «water trough», «feeding trough». ### Examples - Blessed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough. (Torah DEU.28.5, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trough/#x1) - Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough. (Torah DEU.28.17, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trough/#x2) - And the people took their dough before it was leavened, their kneading-troughs being bound up in their clothes upon their shoulders. (Torah EXO.12.34, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trough/#x3) - Louder than the voice of archers, by the watering-troughs! there shall they rehearse the righteous acts of the LORD, even the righteous acts of His rulers in Israel. (Prophets JDG.5.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trough/#x4) ### Note Said «troff» (rhymes with off), not «trow» or «true». Plural: troughs. Opposite of trough on a wave is «crest» (or «peak»). Spelling trap: ough is said many ways — tough, through, though, trough, bough. ## On Mova - [Trees and pragmatics of «trough» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/trough/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«trough» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/trough.html) on Mova free. - [Trees and pragmatics of «trough» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/T/trough/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames. - [«trough» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/trough.html) on Mova free.