ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD TROUGH
Old English trōh; related to Old Saxon, Old Norse trog trough, Dutch trügge ladle.
CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO TROUGH
PRESENT
Present
I trough
you trough
he/she/it troughs
we trough
you trough
they trough
Present continuous
I am troughing
you are troughing
he/she/it is troughing
we are troughing
you are troughing
they are troughing
Present perfect
I have troughed
you have troughed
he/she/it has troughed
we have troughed
you have troughed
they have troughed
Present perfect continuous
I have been troughing
you have been troughing
he/she/it has been troughing
we have been troughing
you have been troughing
they have been troughing
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The
present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.
PAST
Past
I troughed
you troughed
he/she/it troughed
we troughed
you troughed
they troughed
Past continuous
I was troughing
you were troughing
he/she/it was troughing
we were troughing
you were troughing
they were troughing
Past perfect
I had troughed
you had troughed
he/she/it had troughed
we had troughed
you had troughed
they had troughed
Past perfect continuous
I had been troughing
you had been troughing
he/she/it had been troughing
we had been troughing
you had been troughing
they had been troughing
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,
FUTURE
Future
I will trough
you will trough
he/she/it will trough
we will trough
you will trough
they will trough
Future continuous
I will be troughing
you will be troughing
he/she/it will be troughing
we will be troughing
you will be troughing
they will be troughing
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
Future perfect continuous
I will have been troughing
you will have been troughing
he/she/it will have been troughing
we will have been troughing
you will have been troughing
they will have been troughing
The
future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.
CONDITIONAL
Conditional
I would trough
you would trough
he/she/it would trough
we would trough
you would trough
they would trough
Conditional continuous
I would be troughing
you would be troughing
he/she/it would be troughing
we would be troughing
you would be troughing
they would be troughing
Conditional perfect
I would have trough
you would have trough
he/she/it would have trough
we would have trough
you would have trough
they would have trough
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been troughing
you would have been troughing
he/she/it would have been troughing
we would have been troughing
you would have been troughing
they would have been troughing
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.
IMPERATIVE
Imperative
you trough
we let´s trough
you trough
The
imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Present Participle
troughing
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The
present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The
past participle shows the action after completion.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «TROUGH»
Discover the use of
trough in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
trough and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Pigs at the
Trough: How Corporate Greed and Political ...
Wickedly amusing yet powerfully indicting, Pigs at the Trough will once again stir up heated discussion among Americans outraged by the bailout of corporate swine. “With a passion for the truth and an eye for detail, Arianna Huffington ...
2
Pigs at the
Trough: Lessons from Australia's Decade of ...
From Telstra's enriching of Sol Trujillo to the toppling of Eddy Groves's ABC Learning Centres and the untold accounts of the billions lost by the collapsed Babcock & Brown, Allco Finance Group and MFS, Pigs at the Trough tells the story of ...
3
Geology and Mineral Resources of Nigeria
The Benue Trough of Nigeria is a rift basin in central West Africa that extends
NNE–SSW for about 800 km in length and 150 km in width. The southern limit is
the northern boundary of the Niger Delta, while the northern limit is the southern ...
4
Concepts in Clinical Pharmacokinetics
Cpeak and Ctrough were determined as follows: • 7:55 a.m.: C trough was 0.4 mg
/L (before fourth dose). • 8–9 a.m.: 70-mg dose was infused over 1 hour. • 9 a.m.:
Cpeak was 4.6 mg/L (after fourth dose). Although a “peak and trough” was ...
5
Gerontological Nursing: Competencies for Care
Key words associated with measuring the amount of circulating medications are
random, trough, and peak. RANDOM MEDICATION LEVELS Random medication
levels are not dependent upon the administration time of the medication.
6
Homemade Contrivances and How to Make Them: 1001 ...
One of the simplest troughs is shown in figure 15. The end pieces may be as long
on one side as on the other, or Fig. 15.— SIMPLE PIO THOUGH. long on one
side and shorter on the other, so that the pigs cannot turn the trough over ...
Skyhorse Publishing, 2007
7
Calculus with Analytic Geometry
12 Suppose a spherical snowball is melting and the radius is decreasing at a
constant rate, changing from 12 in. to Sin. in 45 minutes. How fast was the
volume changing when the radius was 10 in.? 13 The ends of a water trough 8 ft
long are ...
Earl William Swokowski, 1979
8
The Ore Deposits of the Ely
Trough, Ely, Minnesota
TKE ELY TROUGH (GE1TERAL) The lenticular body of iron formation and its
including walls of greenstone has been termed the Ely trough. It has a northeast-
southwest trend which is parallel to the. longitudinal axis of the Vermilion Range.
Clarence Eugene Abbott, 1905
9
Watering
trough (continuous flow) for cattle
FARM BUILDING A standard concrete pipe 4 feet in diameter can be used to
make a relatively low-cost and efficient watering trough for cattle. After the drain
tile and water supply have been installed and fitted with couplings flush with the
top ...
United States. Dept. of Agriculture, 1962
10
Making Antique Furniture Reproductions: Instructions and ...
TWELVE Kneading Trough THIS kneading trough, or dough table as these
pieces of furniture are sometimes called, is as good a one as the author has ever
seen. It belongs to his sister, Mrs. I. Y. Stauffer, and is a treasured family heirloom
...
Franklin H. Gottshall, 1994
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «TROUGH»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
trough is used in the context of the following news items.
The Trough is Open for Business
The new addition to The Olde Dairy in Target Range is holding their grand opening Tuesday, June 16. The Trough is the name of the restaurant, which will be ... «ABC FOX Montana News, Jun 15»
18-month-old found in water trough pronounced dead
The rest of the group eventually realized the girl had gone missing and began a search, which ended when they found her in a water trough inside the barn, ... «CTV News, Jun 15»
Tory bigwig condemned by Nigel Evans for suggesting Trough of …
ETON-EDUCATED Tory grandee Sir Nicholas Soames has been condemned by his Ribble Valley colleague Nigel Evans for suggesting 'fracking' should be ... «Lancashire Telegraph, Apr 15»
Beach Ups Contingent Resources of Nappamerri Trough Project …
D&M, an independent resource estimating firm based in Dallas, Texas, was engaged to evaluate well results from the Nappamerri Trough Natural Gas (NTNG) ... «Rigzone, Mar 15»
Congress at its 'lowest trough', says Jyotiraditya Scindia
Congress has hit its “lowest trough”, party leader Jyotiraditya Scindia said on Saturday, maintaining that party is in the process of formulating a strategy to ... «The Indian Express, Mar 15»
Twin cyclones spawned by monsoon trough
"While we're in that favourable area we will generally get a few cyclones forming and the monsoon trough will become stronger and affect Darwin and the Top ... «SBS, Feb 15»
Maine braces for 'Norlun Trough'
PORTLAND, Maine —The weather system bringing snow Wednesday to Thursday brings with it a unique situation -- something called a "Norlun Trough.". «WMTW Portland, Feb 15»
Baker Steel looks to super-size on commodities trough
Investment trust says commodities close to trough and plans £80 million acquisitions with £100 million fund raising that could fuel further deals. «Citywire.co.uk, Jan 15»
Rescuers pull horse out of trough in Goshen Sunday
Rescuers placed lifting straps under the horse and used them to pull the horse from the trough. It took 20 rescuers about a half hour to lift the horse out of the ... «WCVB Boston, Jan 15»
Archives 1985 & 1986: Thatcher warned Scots had 'snout in trough'
Margaret Thatcher was warned 30 years ago that Scotland had its “snout . . . in the . . . trough” of public spending, thanks to the Barnett funding formula . «Financial Times, Dec 14»
