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Definition of 'tool'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) tool
an implement, esp. one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.

2.  tool
any instrument of manual operation.

3.  tool
the cutting or machining part of a lathe, planer, drill, or similar machine.

4.  tool
the machine itself.

5.  tool
anything used as a means of accomplishing a task or purpose:
Education is a tool for success.

6.  tool
a person manipulated by another for the latter's own ends.

7.  tool
Slang.

8.  tool
a gun.

9.  tool
a pickpocket.

10.  tool
Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. penis.

11. (v.t.) tool
to work or shape with a tool.

12.  tool
to work decoratively with a hand tool.

13.  tool
to ornament (a book cover) with a bookbinder's tool.

14.  tool
to drive (a vehicle).

15.  tool
to equip with tools or machinery.

16. (v.i.) tool
to work with a tool.

17.  tool
to drive or ride in a vehicle:
tooling along the freeway.

18.  tool
tool up, to install machinery and tools for performing a job:
manufacturers tooling up for production.

Etymology: (bef. 900; ME (n.); OE tōl, c. ON tōl tools)

Definition of 'tool'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) tool
an implement used in the practice of a vocation

2. (noun) instrument, tool
the means whereby some act is accomplished
"my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"

3. (noun) creature, tool, puppet
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

4. (verb) cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz
obscene terms for penis

5. (verb) tool
drive
"The convertible tooled down the street"

6. (verb) joyride, tool, tool around
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
"We tooled down the street"

7. (verb) tool
furnish with tools

8. (verb) tool
work with a tool

Definition of 'tool'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) tool
a piece of equipment you use to do a particular job
a hammer, shovel and some other tools

2. tool
sth that is useful in helping you achieve sth or do a job
online study tools

Definition of 'tool'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) tool
an instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work

2. (noun) tool
a machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool

3. (noun) tool
hence, any instrument of use or service

4. (noun) tool
a weapon

5. (noun) tool
a person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes

6. (verb) tool
to shape, form, or finish with a tool

7. (verb) tool
to drive, as a coach

Definitions of 'tool'

The New Hacker's Dictionary

1. tool
1. n.A program used primarily to create, manipulate, modify, or analyze other programs, such as a compiler or an editor or a cross-referencing program. Oppose app, operating system; see also toolchain.

2. [Unix] An application program with a simple, ‘transparent’ (typically text-stream) interface designed specifically to be used in programmed combination with other tools (see filter, plumbing).

3. [MIT: general to students there] vi. To work; to study (connotes tedium). The TMRC Dictionary defined this as “to set one's brain to the grindstone”. See hack.

4. n. [MIT] A student who studies too much and hacks too little. (MIT's student humor magazine rejoices in the name Tool and Die.)

Translation of 'tool'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: an instrument for doing work, especially by hand hammers, saws and other tools; the tools of his trade; Advertising is a powerful tool.
Afrikaans: gereedskap	Arabic: أداه	Bulgarian: инструмент
Brazilian: instrumento	Czech: nástroj, nářadí	German: das Werkzeug
Danish: værktøj; redskab	Greek: εργαλείο	Spanish: instrumento
Estonian: tööriist	Farsi: ابزار؛ آچار	Finnish: työkalu
French: outil, instrument	Hebrew: כְּלִי	Hindi: औजार
Croatian: alat, oruđe	Hungarian: szerszám, eszköz	Indonesian: alat
Icelandic: verkfæri, áhald, tæki, tó	Italian: attrezzo, strumento	Japanese: 道具
Korean: 도구	Lithuanian: įrankis	Latvian: instruments; darbarīks
Malay: alat	Dutch: gereedschap	Norwegian: redskap, verktøy
Polish: narzędzie	Persian: ابزار؛ آچار	Pashto: سامان، اوزار ( افزار )، ا
Portuguese: instrumento	Romanian: instrument, unealtă	Russian: инструмент; орудие
Slovak: nástroj, náradie	Slovenian: orodje	Serbian: alat
Swedish: verktyg, redskap, instrum	Thai: เครื่องมือ	Turkish: âlet
Taiwanese: 工具	Ukrainian: робочий інструмент; знаря	Urdu: آلہ، اوزار
Vietnamese: công cụ	Chinese: 工具
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