tool

IPA: tˈuɫ

noun

  • A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
  • Any piece of equipment used in a profession, e.g. a craftman's tools.
  • Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
  • (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
  • A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
  • (by extension, vulgar, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or uptight person.
  • (baseball) A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.).
  • (vulgar, informal) A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
  • (slang, Canada, US, MTE, MLE, and possibly wider) A gun.

verb

  • (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
  • (transitive) To equip with tools.
  • (intransitive) To work very hard.
  • (transitive, slang) To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
  • (transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
  • (transitive, UK, slang, dated) To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
  • (transitive, UK, slang, dated) To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
  • (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
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Examples of "tool" in Sentences

  • This is a good tool just to find the overall popularity of a term you can also try this tool~
  • A space where the main tool is ingenuity, where projects are executed without means or intermediaries.
  • Much as a shuttle is a tool for separating threads, a name is a ˜tool for instructing by separating being™ (388b-c).
  • The problem with forest fires as a terrorist tool is they do not look spectacular on TV which is the main tool they are interested in.
  • Hezbollah strongly denies involvement in the 2005 killing and has questioned the credibility of the U.N. tribunal, which it calls a tool of the Americans and the Israelis.
  • Hezbollah strongly denies involvement in the 2005 killings and has questioned the credibility of the U.N. tribunal, which it calls a tool of the Americans and the Israelis.
  • Did You Know? of marketing of Fortune professionals 500 use some increased sort of social social media social media media tool media tool** spend in 2009** CareerBuilder Internal statistics, June 2009, ** University of Mass.,
  • As you may have gathered, Microsoft's built-in tool is not very powerful, so you're probably better off using a third-party option such as Acronis Disk Director 11 Home or one of the free programs, Partition Wizard Home Edition or EaseUs Partition Master 6.1.1 Home Edition.

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