сверло́ — meaning in English

English meaning

• auger noun A tool with a spiralling metal shaft used for boring holes in wood, ice or ground, turned by hand with a brace or driven by a machine.
• bit noun A small piece or amount of something.
• borer noun A tool used for drilling.

Senses

сверло́ is used for these senses in English:

• auger A carpenter's tool for boring holes longer than those bored by a gimlet.
• borer A tool used for drilling.
• perforator A machine that can bore a tunnel underground

auger — full definition

1. noun A tool with a spiralling metal shaft used for boring holes in wood, ice or ground, turned by hand with a brace or driven by a machine.
2. noun A rotating helical screw inside a tube or trough that moves loose material such as grain, snow, wood pellets or concrete along its length.
3. verb To bore or drill a hole using such a tool.

bit — full definition

1. noun A small piece or amount of something.
2. noun The smallest unit of digital information, representing a 0 or a 1.
3. verb Past tense of "bite".

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