Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to auger
Participle: augered
Gerund: augering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | auger |
| you | auger |
| he;she;it | augers |
| we | auger |
| you | auger |
| they | auger |
Perfect
| I | have augered |
| you | have augered |
| he;she;it | has augered |
| we | have augered |
| you | have augered |
| they | have augered |
Past
| I | augered |
| you | augered |
| he;she;it | augered |
| we | augered |
| you | augered |
| they | augered |
Pluperfect
| I | had augered |
| you | had augered |
| he;she;it | had augered |
| we | had augered |
| you | had augered |
| they | had augered |
Future
| I | will auger |
| you | will auger |
| he;she;it | will auger |
| we | will auger |
| you | will auger |
| they | will auger |
Future Perfect
| I | will have augered |
| you | will have augered |
| he;she;it | will have augered |
| we | will have augered |
| you | will have augered |
| they | will have augered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | auger |
| you | auger |
| he;she;it | auger |
| we | auger |
| you | auger |
| they | auger |
Perfect
| I | have augered |
| you | have augered |
| he;she;it | have augered |
| we | have augered |
| you | have augered |
| they | have augered |
Imperfect
| I | augered |
| you | augered |
| he;she;it | augered |
| we | augered |
| you | augered |
| they | augered |
Pluperfect
| I | had augered |
| you | had augered |
| he;she;it | had augered |
| we | had augered |
| you | had augered |
| they | had augered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would auger |
| you | would auger |
| he;she;it | would auger |
| we | would auger |
| you | would auger |
| they | would auger |
Perfect
| I | would have augered |
| you | would have augered |
| he;she;it | would have augered |
| we | would have augered |
| you | would have augered |
| they | would have augered |
Imperative
| you | auger |
| we | Let's auger |
| you | auger |
Verbs conjugated like 'auger'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'auger'
anger,
augur,
age,
alter,
amber,
angel,
atter,
aught,
augle,
aver,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From a rebracketing of Middle English a nauger (seen as an + auger), from Old English nafugār (“nave drill”, literally “nave spear”), from Proto-West Germanic *nabugaiʀ, from Proto-Germanic *nabōgaizaz. Cognate with Dutch avegaar.
Sample Sentences
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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:]
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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. [2012, Ronald Wright, A Scientific Romance:]
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It augers down again behind him to gyre like a mindless deadly battling top. [2014, Steven R. Boyett, Mortality Bridge:]