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Webster 1913 Edition
Auger
Au′ger
,Noun.
1.
A carpenter’s tool for boring holes larger than those bored by a gimlet. It has a handle placed crosswise by which it is turned with both hands. A pod auger is one with a straight channel or groove, like the half of a bean pod. A screw auger has a twisted blade, by the spiral groove of which the chips are discharge.
2.
An instrument for boring or perforating soils or rocks, for determining the quality of soils, or the nature of the rocks or strata upon which they lie, and for obtaining water.
Auger bit
, a bit with a cutting edge or blade like that of an anger.
Webster 1828 Edition
Auger
AUG'ER
,Noun.
An instrument for boring large holes, chiefly used by carpenters, joiners, cabinet makers, wheelwrights and shipwrights. It consists of an iron blade, ending in a steel bit, with a handle placed at right angles with the blade. Augers, made with a straight channel or groove, in some places, are called pod-augers; the modern augers, with spiral channels, are called screw-augers.
Definition 2024
Auger
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See also: Auger
English
An auger.
Alternative forms
Noun
auger (plural augers)
- A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 231
- Pete Burnett needs a fan belt for his auger.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, paperback edition, page 231
- A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
- A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
- A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.
Translations
carpenter's tool
plumber's snake — see plumber's snake
hollow drill used to take core samples of soil
Verb
auger (third-person singular simple present augers, present participle augering, simple past and past participle augered)
- To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
- To proceed in the manner of an auger.
- 2010, Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, The Silent Sea:
- It augered into the water and vanishedunder the surface only to float up again, its keel pointing skyward.
- 2012, Ronald Wright, A Scientific Romance:
- There was no way to measure progress inside the sphere, to know whether it spun or leapt or wobbled like a top as it augered through the years.
- 2014, Steven R. Boyett, Mortality Bridge:
- It augers down again behind him to gyre like a mindless deadly battling top.
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French
Etymology
From auge.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oʒe/
Verb
auger
- to dig in order to get the shape of a trough
- to bend a piece of flat iron into the shape of a gutter, of an eavestrough
Conjugation
This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written auge- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /ʒ/ and not a “hard” /ɡ/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.
Conjugation of auger (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | auger | avoir augé | |||||
| gerund | en augeant | en ayant augé | |||||
| present participle | augeant /o.ʒɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | augé /o.ʒe/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | auge /oʒ/ |
auges /oʒ/ |
auge /oʒ/ |
augeons /o.ʒɔ̃/ |
augez /o.ʒe/ |
augent /oʒ/ |
| imperfect | augeais /o.ʒɛ/ |
augeais /o.ʒɛ/ |
augeait /o.ʒɛ/ |
augions /o.ʒjɔ̃/ |
augiez /o.ʒje/ |
augeaient /o.ʒɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | augeai /o.ʒe/ |
augeas /o.ʒa/ |
augea /o.ʒa/ |
augeâmes /o.ʒam/ |
augeâtes /o.ʒat/ |
augèrent /o.ʒɛʁ/ |
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| future | augerai /oʒ.ʁe/ |
augeras /oʒ.ʁa/ |
augera /oʒ.ʁa/ |
augerons /oʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
augerez /oʒ.ʁe/ |
augeront /oʒ.ʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | augerais /oʒ.ʁɛ/ |
augerais /oʒ.ʁɛ/ |
augerait /oʒ.ʁɛ/ |
augerions /o.ʒə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
augeriez /o.ʒə.ʁje/ |
augeraient /oʒ.ʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | auge /oʒ/ |
auges /oʒ/ |
auge /oʒ/ |
augions /o.ʒjɔ̃/ |
augiez /o.ʒje/ |
augent /oʒ/ |
| imperfect1 |
augeasse /o.ʒas/ |
augeasses /o.ʒas/ |
augeât /o.ʒa/ |
augeassions /o.ʒa.sjɔ̃/ |
augeassiez /o.ʒa.sje/ |
augeassent /o.ʒas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | auge /oʒ/ |
— | augeons /o.ʒɔ̃/ |
augez /o.ʒe/ |
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Anagrams
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin augēre, present active infinitive of augeō (“I increase, I augment”). From Proto-Italic *augeō, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewg-.
Cognates include Proto-Germanic *aukaną, Ancient Greek αὐξάνω (auxánō), Lithuanian áugti, and, via Iranian, Old Armenian վաշխ (vašx). Akin to English eke.
Pronunciation
- (Castilian) IPA(key): /au.ˈxeɾ/
- (Latin America) IPA(key): /au.ˈheɾ/
Verb
auger (first-person singular present aujo, first-person singular preterite augí, past participle augido)
- To increase, eke, augment
- To enlarge, spread, expand
- To lengthen
- To exaggerate
- To honor, enrich
- (figuratively) To exalt, praise
Conjugation
- Rule: g becomes a j before a or o.
| infinitive | auger | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| gerund | augiendo | ||||||
| past participle | masculine | feminine | |||||
| singular | augido | augida | |||||
| plural | augidos | augidas | |||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | 1st person | 2nd person | 3rd person | ||
| indicative | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
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| present | aujo | augestú augésvos |
auge | augemos | augéis | augen | |
| imperfect | augía | augías | augía | augíamos | augíais | augían | |
| preterite | augí | augiste | augió | augimos | augisteis | augieron | |
| future | augeré | augerás | augerá | augeremos | augeréis | augerán | |
| conditional | augería | augerías | augería | augeríamos | augeríais | augerían | |
| subjunctive | yo | tú vos |
él/ella usted |
nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ellos/ellas ustedes |
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| present | auja | aujas | auja | aujamos | aujáis | aujan | |
| imperfect (ra) |
augiera | augieras | augiera | augiéramos | augierais | augieran | |
| imperfect (se) |
augiese | augieses | augiese | augiésemos | augieseis | augiesen | |
| future | augiere | augieres | augiere | augiéremos | augiereis | augieren | |
| imperative | — | tú vos |
usted | nosotros nosotras |
vosotros vosotras |
ustedes | |
| affirmative | augetú augévos |
auja | aujamos | auged | aujan | ||
| negative | no aujas | no auja | no aujamos | no aujáis | no aujan | ||
Other verbs with this conjugation:
<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs14 CategoryTreeLabelCategory' href='/wiki/Category:Spanish_verbs_ending_in_-er_(conjugation_-ger)'>Spanish verbs ending in -er (conjugation -ger)</a>
Synonyms
- (enlarge): amplificar
- (exalt, praise): laudar, loar
Antonyms
- (enlarge): minuir, menguar