augered
Spiraled a hole
Augered is the past tense of auger, meaning to bore or drill a hole using an auger—a tool with a helical shaft designed for drilling into wood, ice, or earth.
They augered holes for the fence posts.
We augered through three feet of ice before hitting water.
drilling
Absence in matter
- bitSmall amount or portion
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
- wellDug water source
- excavationAct of unearthing
core · perforation · penetrated · tunneled · pierced · depth · sample · boring
hole
Absence in matter
excavation · core · perforation · penetrated · tunneled · pierced · depth · sample · boring · reamed
trench
Long narrow excavation
- excavationAct of unearthing
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- diggingRemoving earth below
soil · fence · footing · pier · piling · stump · grading · boring · backfill · construction