tool
Part of speech: noun
verb
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: ball-games
baseball
computing
engineering
games
hobbies
lifestyle
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
sports
volleyball
Etymology: From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English tōl (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), perhaps borrowed from Old Norse tól, but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tōlą (“that which is used in preparation, tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”), equivalent to taw (“to prepare”) + -le (agent suffix). Cognate with Scots tuil (“tool, implement, instrument, device”), Icelandic tól (“tool”), Faroese tól (“tool, instrument”). Related to Old English tāwian (“to make, prepare, or cultivate”); see taw, and tow ("fibres used for spinning").
Base: taw
Affixes: -le
Inflected forms:
form: tools
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: tools
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: tooling
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: tooled
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: tooled
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
pos: noun
examples: Several prehistoric tools, including a stone ax, were found during the dig.
A screwdriver is a tool that no household should be without.
A stapler is a tool for attaching papers to others.
gloss: Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
pos: noun
examples: the tools of the trade
Rakes, shovels, hoes, and spades are some of the tools of the gardener's trade.
I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine.
A timing light is a tool that only an automotive mechanic, professional or amateur, would have.
Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
gloss: Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
pos: noun
examples: Idleness is a tool of the devil.
A spreadsheet app and a bookkeeping app are some of the principal tools of a bookkeeper.
What was the need of a man to do that? "One stick at a time;" if Ned could not do that, he was a poor tool. Ah, a poor tool he proved to be.
Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
gloss: A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
pos: noun
examples: The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.
a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk
gloss: A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.
pos: noun
examples: She was a tool of the pharmaceutical lobby.
He was a tool of a foreign influence operation.
gloss: A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.).
pos: noun
examples: a five-tool player
When asked what he liked about Youk [Kevin Youkilis], former Boston scout Matt Haas says, "At first glance, not a lot." (Mind you, this is one of the few scouts who actually wanted the kid.) "He was unorthodox," says Haas, who now scouts for the Arizona Diamondbacks. "He had an extreme crouch—his thighs were almost parallel to the ground. And he was heavier than he is now. But the more I watched him, the more I just thought, Throw the tools out the window. This guy can play baseball."
gloss: A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
pos: noun
tags: informal
vulgar
examples: Or haue wee some strange Indian with the great Toole, come to Court, the women so besiege vs?
She wanna hang with the goons
She wanna party midnight till noon
She wanna play with my tool
gloss: An obnoxious or uptight person.
pos: noun
tags: broadly
derogatory
slang
vulgar
examples: He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool.
gloss: A handgun.
pos: noun
tags: Canada
Multicultural-London-English
US
slang
examples: In my city keep a tool
Lil nigga you know the rules
Three waps up and a couple of shanks (Just in case)
But I got faith that these tools won't jam
gloss: To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To equip with tools.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To work very hard.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
examples: Do this lab and read this book, now tool, one and all,
And be sure and pass that final quiz or be screwed right to the wall.
gloss: To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
pos: verb
tags: slang
transitive
examples: Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.
gloss: To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
pos: verb
tags: UK
dated
slang
transitive
gloss: To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
pos: verb
tags: UK
dated
slang
transitive
examples: 1850s, Cuthbert M. Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the Warsity with his guvnor."
gloss: To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
pos: verb
tags: intransitive
slang
examples: March 8, 1890, Byron P. Stephenson, "My Trip to Brazil", in Illustrated American
boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads
These are the guys that tool around in Mercedes Sprinter vans with equipment lockers stuffed with everything from riot helmets to tasers.
Synonyms: tool
use
Related words: instrument
device
:Category:Tools
Derived words: Autotools
claw tool
course authoring tool
criminal tool
crimping tool
deburring tool
down tools
dry-tool
edge tool
entrenching tool
E-tool
e-tool
fine adjustment tool
five-tool
five tool player
five-tool player
go back to the tools
grafting tool
Halligan tool
hand tool
hive tool
hooligan tool
Hurst tool
Jacot tool
Kelly tool
K-tool
love tool
macaroni tool
machine tool
metatool
meta-tool
microtool
mindtool
multitool
multi-tool
nanotool
not the sharpest tool in the box
not the sharpest tool in the shed
oscillating tool
rape tool
retool
set tool
sex tool
shaving tool
side tool
spare tool
swing tool
tint tool
tip tool
toolage
tool and die
toolbag
toolbar
tool bar
tool-bar
toolbelt
toolbox
tool box
toolbuilder
toolbuilding
toolcase
toolchain
toolchest
tool chest
toolcrib
tool-crib
tool crib
tooled
tooler
tool frame
tool-friendly
toolholder
toolholding
toolhouse
toolie
tooling
toolishness
toolkit
tool kit
toolless
toollike
toolmaker
toolmaking
toolman
toolmark
toolpath
tool path
toolpost
tool post
toolpusher
tool-pusher
toolrest
tool-rest
toolroom
tool room
toolset
toolsetter
toolsetting
toolshed
tool shed
toolshelf
toolsmith
toolsmithing
tools of ignorance
toolstack
tool steel
toolstock
tool stone
toolstrip
tool subject
toolsy
tooltip
tool up
turning tool
webtool
worktool
work-tool
tool around
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: gereedskap
lang: Albanian
word: mjet
lang: Albanian
word: vegël
lang: Amharic
word: መሣሪያ
roman: mäśariya
lang: Arabic
word: أَدَاة
roman: ʔadāh
lang: Arabic
word: آلَة
roman: ʔāla
lang: Arabic
word: عُدَّة
roman: ʕudda
lang: Arabic
word: اداة
roman: adāt
lang: Arabic
word: عِدّة
roman: ʕidda
lang: Arabic
word: دزان
roman: dezan
lang: Armenian
word: գործիք
roman: gorcikʻ
lang: Assamese
word: সঁজুলি
roman: xõzuli
lang: Assamese
word: আহিলা
roman: ahila
lang: Asturian
word: ferramienta
lang: Asturian
word: utensiliu
lang: Asturian
word: arbía
lang: Asturian
word: preséu
lang: Avar
word: алат
roman: alat
lang: Azerbaijani
word: alət
lang: Azerbaijani
word: hacat
lang: Belarusian
word: інструме́нт
roman: instrumjént
lang: Belarusian
word: прыла́да
roman: pryláda
lang: Belarusian
word: інструма́нт
roman: instrumánt
lang: Belarusian
word: струма́нт
roman: strumánt
lang: Belarusian
word: струмэ́нт
roman: strumént
lang: Bengali
word: সাধনী
roman: śadhoni
lang: Bulgarian
word: инструме́нт
roman: instrumént
lang: Bulgarian
word: оръ́дие
roman: orǎ́die
lang: Burmese
word: ကိရိယာ
roman: ki.ri.ya
lang: Catalan
word: eina
lang: Cebuano
word: gamit
lang: Cebuano
word: himan
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 架生
roman: gaa³ caang¹, gaa³ saang¹
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 工具
roman: gung¹ geoi⁶
lang: Eastern Min Chinese
word: 工具
roman: gĕ̤ng-gê̤ṳ
lang: Hakka Chinese
word: 工具
roman: kûng-khí
lang: Chinese
word: 家私
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese
word: 工具
roman: zh-min-nan
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 工具
roman: gōngjù
lang: Wu Chinese
word: 工具
roman: ¹kon-ciu
lang: Ngazidja Comorian
word: shomɓo (shombo)
lang: Crimean Tatar
word: alet
lang: Czech
word: nástroj
lang: Danish
word: værktøj
lang: Danish
word: redskab
lang: Danish
word: instrument
lang: Danish
word: grej
lang: Dutch
word: gereedschap
lang: Dutch
word: werktuig
lang: Dutch
word: instrument
lang: Dutch
word: hulpmiddel
lang: Esperanto
word: laborilo
lang: Esperanto
word: ilo
lang: Estonian
word: tööriist
lang: Finnish
word: työkalu
lang: French
word: outil
lang: West-Frisian
word: ark
lang: Galician
word: ferramenta
lang: Georgian
word: ინსტრუმენტი
roman: insṭrumenṭi
lang: German
word: Gerät
lang: German
word: Instrument
lang: German
word: Werkzeug
lang: Greek
word: εργαλείο
roman: ergaleío
lang: Greek
word: όργανο
roman: órgano
lang: Ancient Greek
word: ἐργαλεῖον
roman: ergaleîon
lang: Haitian Creole
word: zouti
lang: Hebrew
word: כְּלִי
roman: kli
lang: Higaonon
word: himan
lang: Hindi
word: उपकरण
roman: upakraṇ
lang: Hindi
word: औज़ार
roman: auzār
lang: Hungarian
word: szerszám
lang: Hungarian
word: eszköz
lang: Hungarian
word: szer
lang: Icelandic
word: verkfæri
lang: Icelandic
word: tól
lang: Indonesian
word: alat
lang: Ingrian
word: asu
lang: Interlingua
word: instrumento
lang: Irish
word: uirlis
lang: Italian
word: arnese
lang: Italian
word: strumento
lang: Italian
word: utensile
lang: Italian
word: mezzo
lang: Japanese
word: 道具
roman: dōgu
lang: Japanese
word: ツール
roman: tsūru
lang: Kazakh
word: аспап
roman: aspap
lang: Kazakh
word: құрал
roman: qūral
lang: Khmer
word: គ្រឿង
roman: krɨəng
lang: Khmer
word: ប្រដាប់
roman: prɑɑdap
lang: Khmer
word: ប្រដាប់ប្រដា
roman: prɑɑdap prɑɑdaa
lang: Korean
word: 도구
roman: dogu
lang: Korean
word: 툴
roman: tul
lang: Kyrgyz
word: курал
roman: kural
lang: Kyrgyz
word: аспап
roman: aspap
lang: Lao
word: ເຄື່ອງມື
roman: khư̄ang mư̄
lang: Lao
word: ເຄື່ອງ
roman: khư̄ang
lang: Latin
word: instrūmentum
lang: Latin
word: ferrāmentum
lang: Latvian
word: instruments
lang: Latvian
word: darbarīks
lang: Lithuanian
word: įrankis
lang: Lithuanian
word: įnagis
lang: Lü
word: ᦵᦆᦲᧂᧈ
roman: xoeng¹
lang: Luhya
word: sisindu
lang: Macedonian
word: алатка
roman: alatka
lang: Macedonian
word: алат
roman: alat
lang: Malay
word: alat
lang: Malay
word: perkakas
lang: Maltese
word: għodda
lang: Māori
word: paraha
lang: Michif
word: zoochii
lang: Mongolian
word: багаж
roman: bagaž
lang: Mongolian
word: хэрэгсэл
roman: xeregsel
lang: Khiamniungan Naga
word: tūo
lang: Navajo
word: bee naʼanishí
lang: Nepali
word: औजार
roman: aujār
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: verktøy
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: verktøy
lang: Occitan
word: aisina
lang: Church Slavic
word: орѫдиѥ
roman: orǫdije
lang: Pashto
word: اوزار
roman: awzār
lang: Pashto
word: آله
roman: āla
lang: Pashto
word: اوړی
roman: oṛay
lang: Pashto
word: سامان
roman: sāmān
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اَبْزار
roman: abzâr
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اَسْباب
roman: asbâb
lang: Iranian Persian
word: آلَت
roman: âlat
lang: Iranian Persian
word: اَفْزار
roman: afzâr
lang: Piedmontese
word: utiss
lang: Polish
word: narzędzie
lang: Polish
word: przybór
lang: Portuguese
word: instrumento
lang: Portuguese
word: ferramenta
lang: Quechua
word: llamkana
lang: Romanian
word: sculă
lang: Romanian
word: unealtă
lang: Romanian
word: instrument
lang: Russian
word: инструме́нт
roman: instrumént
lang: Russian
word: ору́дие труда́
roman: orúdije trudá
lang: Russian
word: ору́дие
roman: orúdije
lang: Sanskrit
word: उपकरण
roman: upakaraṇa
lang: Scots
word: tuil
lang: Scottish Gaelic
word: inneal
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: а̀ла̄т
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: о̀рӯђе
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: àlāt
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: òrūđe
lang: Seychellois Creole
word: zouti
lang: Shan
word: ၶိူင်ႈ
roman: khōeng
lang: Sicilian
word: mmarazzu
lang: Sicilian
word: strummentu
lang: Sicilian
word: stigghiu
lang: Sicilian
word: pupu (figurately)
lang: Slovak
word: nástroj
lang: Slovene
word: orodje
lang: Spanish
word: herramienta
lang: Sranan Tongo
word: wrokosani
lang: Swahili
word: kifaa
lang: Swedish
word: verktyg
lang: Tajik
word: олат
roman: olat
lang: Tajik
word: асбоб
roman: asbob
lang: Tajik
word: афзор
roman: afzor
lang: Tajik
word: абзор
roman: abzor
lang: Tatar
word: корал
roman: qoral
lang: Telugu
word: పనిముట్టు
roman: panimuṭṭu
lang: Thai
word: เครื่อง
roman: krʉ̂ʉang
lang: Thai
word: อุปกรณ์
roman: ù-bpà-gɔɔn
lang: Thai
word: เครื่องมือ
roman: krʉ̂ʉang-mʉʉ
lang: Tibetan
word: ལག་ཆ
roman: lag cha
lang: Turkish
word: alet
lang: Turkish
word: araç
lang: Turkmen
word: abzal
lang: Ukrainian
word: інструме́нт
roman: instrumént
lang: Ukrainian
word: начи́ння
roman: načýnnja
lang: Ukrainian
word: знаря́ддя
roman: znarjáddja
lang: Urdu
word: آلَہ
roman: āla
lang: Urdu
word: اَوزار
roman: auzār
lang: Uyghur
word: سايمان
roman: sayman
lang: Uzbek
word: asbob
lang: Uzbek
word: olat
lang: Vietnamese
word: dụng cụ
lang: Vietnamese
word: đồ dùng
lang: Walloon
word: usteye
lang: Walloon
word: osti
lang: Welsh
word: teclyn
lang: Yiddish
word: ווערקצייג
roman: verktseyg
lang: Yiddish
word: מכשיר
roman: makhsher
lang: Zhuang
word: gaiqdawz
lang: Zhuang
word: gunghgi
lang: Arabic
word: أَدَاة
roman: ʔadāh
lang: Arabic
word: اداة
roman: adāt
lang: Belarusian
word: сро́дак
roman: sródak
lang: Belarusian
word: інструме́нт
roman: instrumjént
lang: Bulgarian
word: сре́дство
roman: srédstvo
lang: Bulgarian
word: инструме́нт
roman: instrumént
lang: Catalan
word: eina
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 工具
roman: gōngjù
lang: Czech
word: nástroj
lang: Estonian
word: instrumentaalprogramm
lang: Finnish
word: työkalu
lang: Galician
word: ferramenta
lang: German
word: Tool
lang: Greek
word: εργαλείο
roman: ergaleío
lang: Italian
word: strumento
lang: Japanese
word: ツール
roman: tsūru
lang: Korean
word: 툴
roman: tul
lang: Polish
word: narzędzie
lang: Russian
word: инструме́нт
roman: instrumént
lang: Russian
word: сре́дство
roman: srédstvo
lang: Russian
word: тул
roman: tul
lang: Sicilian
word: strummentu
lang: Ukrainian
word: інструме́нт
roman: instrumént