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troughed

troughed is the simple past and past participle of trough.

Meaning of trough

Verb

trough (third-person singular simple present troughs, present participle troughing, simple past and past participle troughed)

  1. To eat in a vulgar style, as if from a trough.
    • He troughed his way through three meat pies.

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Questions about troughed

What is troughed the simple past and past participle of?
Troughed is the simple past and past participle of trough.

Words near troughed in the dictionary

  1. trough shells
  2. trough valley
  3. trough valleys
  4. trough-shell
  5. trough-shells
  6. troughed
  7. trougher
  8. troughers
  9. troughful
  10. troughfuls
  11. troughing

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