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augering

augering is the present participle and gerund of auger.

Meaning of auger

Verb

auger (third-person singular simple present augers, present participle augering, simple past and past participle augered)

  1. To use an auger; to drill a hole using an auger.
  2. To proceed in the manner of an auger.
    • It augered into the water and vanishedunder the surface only to float up again, its keel pointing skyward.2010, Clive Cussler, Jack Du Brul, The Silent Sea
  3. (uncommon, Arkansas, Missouri) To daydream.

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Phrases with augering

Questions about augering

What is augering the present participle and gerund of?
Augering is the present participle and gerund of auger.

Words near augering in the dictionary

  1. Auger-Meitner effect
  2. augered
  3. augered in
  4. augerer
  5. augerers
  6. augering
  7. augering in
  8. augerino
  9. augerlike
  10. augerpeptide
  11. augerpeptides

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