Definition of "auger" []

• Any of various hand tools, typically having a threaded shank and cross handle, used for boring holes in wood or ice. (noun)
• A drill bit. (noun)
• A machine having a rotating helical shaft for boring into the earth. (noun)
• A rotating helical shaft used to convey material, as in a snow blower. (noun)
• To drill or bore using an auger. (verb-transitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The basic idea is to find the cleanouts, and run a snake (aka auger) into them. powered one with knives."
• "The auger was a twisted pile of scrap in the ditch and the tractor was headed home unscratched."
• "While the lint is going through this process, the seeds, being heavier and smaller, draw to the bottom of the gins, fall into an auger which is operated by a belt, and then are dropped into a conveyor and carried to the seed pile or houses."