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Definition tool

Etymology

From Middle English tool, from Old English t?l (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), from Proto-Germanic *t?l? (“tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh?- (“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 t?wian (“to make, prepare, or cultivate”); see taw, and tow ("fibres used for spinning").

Noun

tool (plural tools)

1. A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
2. Equipment used in a profession, e.g., 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, or to perform low-level operations.
5. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
6. (slang) Penis.
7. (by extension, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or uptight person.

Verb

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. (intransitive) To work very hard.
4. (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.
5. (transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
6. (transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
7. (transitive, Britain, slang, dated) To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
8. (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.

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