Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to trough
Participle: troughed
Gerund: troughing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | trough |
| you | trough |
| he;she;it | troughs |
| we | trough |
| you | trough |
| they | trough |
Perfect
| I | have troughed |
| you | have troughed |
| he;she;it | has troughed |
| we | have troughed |
| you | have troughed |
| they | have troughed |
Past
| I | troughed |
| you | troughed |
| he;she;it | troughed |
| we | troughed |
| you | troughed |
| they | troughed |
Pluperfect
| I | had troughed |
| you | had troughed |
| he;she;it | had troughed |
| we | had troughed |
| you | had troughed |
| they | had troughed |
Future
| I | will trough |
| you | will trough |
| he;she;it | will trough |
| we | will trough |
| you | will trough |
| they | will trough |
Future Perfect
| I | will have troughed |
| you | will have troughed |
| he;she;it | will have troughed |
| we | will have troughed |
| you | will have troughed |
| they | will have troughed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | trough |
| you | trough |
| he;she;it | trough |
| we | trough |
| you | trough |
| they | trough |
Perfect
| I | have troughed |
| you | have troughed |
| he;she;it | have troughed |
| we | have troughed |
| you | have troughed |
| they | have troughed |
Imperfect
| I | troughed |
| you | troughed |
| he;she;it | troughed |
| we | troughed |
| you | troughed |
| they | troughed |
Pluperfect
| I | had troughed |
| you | had troughed |
| he;she;it | had troughed |
| we | had troughed |
| you | had troughed |
| they | had troughed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would trough |
| you | would trough |
| he;she;it | would trough |
| we | would trough |
| you | would trough |
| they | would trough |
Perfect
| I | would have troughed |
| you | would have troughed |
| he;she;it | would have troughed |
| we | would have troughed |
| you | would have troughed |
| they | would have troughed |
Imperative
| you | trough |
| we | Let's trough |
| you | trough |
Verbs conjugated like 'trough'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'trough'
rough,
tough,
cough,
crouch,
dough,
drouge,
grouch,
hough,
plough,
rouge,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. PIE word
2. *dóru
3. From Middle English trogh, from Old English troh, trog (“a trough, tub, basin, vessel for containing liquids or other materials”), from Proto-West Germanic *trog, from Proto-Germanic *trugą, *trugaz, from Proto-Indo-European *drukós, enlargement of *dóru (“tree”).
4. See also West Frisian trôch, Dutch trog, German Trog, Danish trug, Swedish tråg; also Middle Irish drochta (“wooden basin”), Old Armenian տարգալ (targal, “ladle, spoon”). More at tree.
Sample Sentences
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He troughed his way through three meat pies.