Trough - English meaning

noun

A length of water wider than a strait, joining two larger areas of water, especially two seas.

Usage examples:

The bay includes saltmarsh, shallow and open water, tidal channels, mudflats and numerous islands, …

verb

Direct towards a particular end or object.

Usage examples:

The council is to channel public funds into training schemes

noun

A passage for water or other liquids to flow along, or a part of a river or other area of water that is deep and wide enough to provide a route for ships to travel along

Usage examples:

The english channel, she switched to another channel to watch the news., we’ve established a regula…

noun

A channel for conveying water or other fluid.

Usage examples:

Nearby springs supplied the conduit which ran into the brewery

noun

A way of connecting two places, systems, etc.

Usage examples:

There is growth in sales to hong kong, the conduit for exports to the rest of the area., conduit be…

noun

A pipe or passage for water or electrical wires to go through

Usage examples:

They make pipes and tubes that are used in construction and as electrical conduits., cracks in the …

noun

A child's bed with barred or latticed sides; a cot.

Usage examples:

Tiptoeing over to the crib, he looked down at the sleeping child

verb

Short for cribbage.

Usage examples:

He would play crib with zest

noun

A small bed for a baby or young child with high bars around the sides so that the child cannot fall out

noun

A tunnel carrying a stream or open drain under a road or railway.

Usage examples:

The tanks, roads, culverts and lagoon opening have all suffered through the lack of maintenance.

verb

Channel (a stream or drain) through a culvert.

Usage examples:

We have asked for the river to be culverted

noun

A pipe for waste water that crosses under roads, railways, etc.

verb

Make an opening, incision, or wound in (something) with a sharp-edged tool or object.

Usage examples:

He cut his toe on a sharp stone

noun

A stroke or blow given by a sharp-edged implement or by a whip or cane.

Usage examples:

He could skin an animal with a single cut of the knife

verb

Separate with or as if with an instrument

noun

Feelings of severe despondency and dejection.

Usage examples:

Self-doubt creeps in and that swiftly turns to depression

noun

A feeling of sadness, or medical a type of mental illness that causes long periods of unhappiness

Usage examples:

I’m just beginning to get over the depression from losing my job., medical tiredness, loss of appet…

noun

A recession (= time of low economic activity, when investments lose value, businesses fail and people lose their jobs) that lasts for a long period of time, usually several years

Usage examples:

Plunge/slide into depression the thirties saw the world plunge into depression., the wall street cr…

noun

A narrow channel dug at the side of a road or field, to hold or carry away water.

Usage examples:

Their car went out of control and plunged into a ditch

verb

Provide with a ditch or ditches.

Usage examples:

He was praised for ditching the coastal areas

verb

A long narrow excavation in the earth

verb

Cause the water or other liquid in (something) to run out, leaving it empty or dry.

Usage examples:

We drained the swimming pool

noun

A channel or pipe carrying off surplus liquid, especially rainwater or liquid waste.

Usage examples:

The room's toilet pipes and shower drains carry this waste to a holding tank.

verb

Emptying something by allowing liquid to run out of it

noun

A person or animal that eats a particular food or in a particular manner.

Usage examples:

A plankton feeder

noun

An organization, system, etc. that supplies a larger organization, system, etc. with something

Usage examples:

The small regional airlines act as feeders, carrying passengers to the major airports served by int…

noun

An artificial channel conveying water, typically used for transporting logs or timber.

Usage examples:

The flume recirculates both water and sediment in order to provide a continuous supply of heterogen…

noun

A narrow channel made for carrying water, for example to factories that produce electricity

noun

A long, narrow trench made in the ground by a plough, especially for planting seeds or irrigation.

Usage examples:

Regular furrows in a ploughed field

verb

Make a rut, groove, or trail in (the ground or the surface of something).

Usage examples:

Gorges furrowing the deep-sea floor

noun

A long, narrow cut or fold in the surface of something

Usage examples:

The plow sped along the furrow, turning over the earth., he tried to smooth the furrow out of his j…

noun

A long, narrow cut or depression in a hard material.

Usage examples:

And that is why we are having a very hard look at the grooves on club-faces right now.

verb

Make a groove or grooves in.

Usage examples:

Deep lines grooved her face

noun

A long, narrow, hollow space cut into a surface

Usage examples:

The window slides along a groove in the frame.

noun

A ravine formed by the action of water.

Usage examples:

The tidal bore comes in faster than a galloping horse, but first wilful surging water fills gullies…

verb

(of water) make gullies or deep channels in (land).

Usage examples:

The track was gulleyed by rain

noun

A channel cut by running water, which is usually dry except after heavy rain

noun

A shallow trough fixed beneath the edge of a roof for carrying off rainwater.

Usage examples:

I recall considering grabbing the gutter on the roof edge as it rose past me, but doubted it would …

verb

(of a candle or flame) flicker and burn unsteadily.

Usage examples:

The candle flickered, and after a moment, the little flame guttered out.

noun

A channel at the lower edge of a roof for carrying away rain, or a side of a road that is lower than the center of the road, where water and garbage collects

Usage examples:

Every fall we have to clean leaves out of the gutters., the campaign went right into the gutter onc…

noun

A long trough from which horses or cattle feed.

Usage examples:

Wet feed remaining at the ends of mangers also provide a place for flies to lay eggs.

noun

An open box from which horses, cows, and other animals feed

noun

A long, narrow ditch.

Usage examples:

Dig a trench around the perimeter of the fire

verb

Dig a trench or trenches in (the ground).

Usage examples:

She trenched the terrace to a depth of 6 feet

noun

A narrow channel dug into the ground

Usage examples:

I dug a trench around the tent to keep rain water from getting in.