different between auger vs bradawl

English

Alternative forms

• augre

Etymology

From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafog?r (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-Germanic *nab?gaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????(?)/
• Rhymes: -????(?)
• Homophone: augur

Noun

auger (plural augers)

1. 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.

2. A snake or plumber's snake (plumbing tool).
3. A tool used to bore holes in the ground, e.g. for fence posts
4. A hollow drill used to take core samples of soil, ice, etc. for scientific study.

Translations

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.

Coordinate terms

• gimlet

Derived terms

• auger in

Translations

Anagrams

• Argue, Gauer, Graue, argue, augre, rugae

French

Etymology

From auge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /o.?e/

Verb

auger

1. to dig in order to get the shape of a trough
2. 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” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Anagrams

• argue, argué
• urgea

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

auger

1. (nonstandard form) indefinite plural of auga
2. (nonstandard form) indefinite plural of auge

English

Etymology

brad +? awl

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?æd??l/

Noun

bradawl (plural bradawls)

1. An awl with a blade similar to a small, straight screwdriver; used for making holes, especially in wood to take screws.