Meaning & use
Augered
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Bored or drilled into something using a rotating helical tool, typically to create a hole for planting, fencing, or excavation.
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The crew augered several deep holes for the new fence posts before lunch.
Workers augered through the frozen ground to reach the buried pipe.
A note on using this word
"Auger" the tool gave rise to this verb use; a common mix-up is confusing it with the unrelated word "augur," meaning to predict.
Words with a similar meaning
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