trough
To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a troughTo eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough.
» He put the clothes in the trough.
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1 sensesTo eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough.
He troughed his way through three meat pies.
Examples
6 sentencesHe put the clothes in the trough.
He slipped from the roof directly into the trough and drowned.
The wavelength is the distance from crest to crest, or from trough to trough.
ruДлина волны — это расстояние от гребня до гребня или от впадины до впадины. — odexed
deDie Wellenlänge ist der Abstand von Wellenberg zu Wellenberg, oder von Wellental zu Wellental. — Yorwba
Tom filled the trough.
He sits upright, not crouched over his plate like an animal at a feeding trough.
ruОн сидит прямо, а не сгорбившись над тарелкой, словно животное во время кормежки. — yatomoya
Forms
troughs, troughing, troughed, troughedWord family
3 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle