Trough

TROUGH

-noun

1. a narrow open container, in particular one in which food or water for animals is put

2. a narrow channel, gutter, or gulley

3. a narrow depression either in the land surface, ocean bed, or between two successive waves

4. (meteorology) an elongated area of low pressure, in particular an extension of a depression

5. a single or temporary low point; depression

6. (physics) the portion of a wave, such as a light wave, in which the amplitude lies below its average value

7. (economics) the lowest point or most depressed stage of the trade cycle

-verb

8. (intr.) (informal) to eat, consume, or take greedily

Mood in a trough

A quiet casualty

To word wars

And influence conflicts