trough
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5.1
- noun
- /trɔf/
- We're sitting right on the edge of the Cayman Trough.
- peaks and troughs
- a local trough
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Watch on YouTubeAnd insulin is involved in both regulating peaks and troughs in blood sugar, blood glucose.
- And insulin is involved in both regulating peaks and troughs in blood sugar, blood glucose.
- And each person's journey will be unique and there will be peaks and troughs and it'll wax and wane.
- This correlation is the entanglement, and those little bumps slightly shift the crests and troughs of the parts of the wave function.
- So the every person every day is experiencing these oscillations, these peaks and troughs in blood glucose.
- And those are the, those are the troughs and peaks of humanity.
- I think it was more about, I don't know, it seems to go in troughs and fucking roller coaster.
Examples
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Our little boat sailed on, dipping into the troughs between waves, showering us with intermittent spray.
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Or else it's night, or you're in the sun, or you're in the trough of a wave.
Fiction book (2000) -
I lay down; we were both in a shallow trough, perhaps an irrigation canal for water.
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The ship fell off into a trough; each man braced himself for dive and recovery.
Fiction book (1996) -
What looked like a one-lane dirt road ran along the trough between Tennessee rills.
Fiction book (1999) -
Rain rushed over the dam and backwash flowed across the road, cutting new troughs to the creek below.
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The hiker stumbled upon a rocky trough that collected rainwater in the valley.
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During the storm, the waves created a series of deep troughs across the beach.
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The farmer used a shovel to dig a trough for the irrigation system in his field.
Synonyms
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2.3
A small hollow in a flat surface
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5.3
A low area of land that forms a hollow
A long tilted channel that guides water or things down by themselves
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Etymology
Trough comes from an old English word troh meaning 'hollow' or 'container'. So a geographical trough is simply a long, narrow hollow in the ground or sea, like a giant feeding trough.