tool

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Synonyms 1.3.2 Derived terms 1.3.3 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Synonyms 1.4.2 Translations 1.5 Anagrams 2 Estonian 2.1 Pronunciation 2.2 Etymology 2.3 Noun

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

Old English tōl

Pronunciation

• IPA: /tuːl/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}

  Rhymes: -uːl

Noun

tool (plural tools)

1. A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.

   Hand me that tool, would you?

2. Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.

   These are the tools of the trade.

3. Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
4. (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware.

   The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.

5. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.

   He was a tool, no more than a pawn to her.

6. (slang) Penis.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:tool

Derived terms

• toolbar
• toolbox
• toolchain
• tool chest
• tooling
• toolkit
• toolmaker
• toolset

Translations

Verb

to tool (third-person singular simple present tools, present participle tooling, simple past and past participle tooled)

1. (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
2. (transitive) To equip with tools.
3. (transitive) To work very hard.
4. (transitive, slang) To put someone else down (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use them to meet a goal.

   Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.

5. (transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.

Synonyms

• (volleyball): use

Translations

Anagrams

• Alphagram: loot

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Estonian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /toːlʲ/

Etymology

From German Stuhl

Noun

tool

1. chair