n.
- a long, narrow open container for animals to eat or drink out of.
▸a similar container, e.g. one for growing plants.
- a channel used to convey a liquid.
▸a long hollow in the earth's surface.
- an elongated region of low barometric pressure.
- a hollow between two wave crests in the sea.
- a region around the minimum on a curve of variation of a quantity.
▸a point of low activity or achievement.
v.
informal eat greedily.
Etymology
OE trog, of Gmc origin; rel. to tree.