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tool (enc)

Tool

Noun1.tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation
abrader, abradant - a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing
bender - a tool for bending; "he used pliers as a bender"
clincher - a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets
comb - any of several tools for straightening fibers
cutting implement - a tool used for cutting or slicing
drill - a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows)
eolith - a crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint); possibly the earliest tools
fork - an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs
gang - tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together
garden tool, lawn tool - used for working in gardens or yards
grapnel, grapple, grappling hook, grappling iron, grappler - a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope
hack - a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for hacking the soil
hand tool - a tool used with workers' hands
hoe - a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle
implement - instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end
jack - tool for exerting pressure or lifting
Jaws of Life - hydraulic tool inserted into a wrecked vehicle and used to pry the wreckage apart in order to provide access to people trapped inside
neolith - a stone tool from the Neolithic Age
paleolith - a stone tool from the Paleolithic age
pestle, pounder, muller - a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone
plow, plough - a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing
power tool - a tool driven by a motor
punch, puncher - a tool for making (usually circular) holes
rake - a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil
ram - a tool for driving or forcing something by impact
rounder - a tool for rounding corners or edges
saw set - a tool used to bend each alternate sawtooth at a slight angle outward
shaping tool - a tool for shaping metal
strickle - a tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand
stylus, style - a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving; "he drew the design on the stencil with a steel stylus"
tamp, tamper, tamping bar - a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.)
tap - a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads
swage, upset - a tool used to thicken or spread (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging
2.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"
means, way, agency - how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success"
3.tool - a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
slave - a person who is owned by someone
4.tool - obscene terms for penis
penis, phallus, member - the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)
dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity - an offensive or indecent word or phrase
Verb1.tool - drive; "The convertible tooled down the street"
drive - operate or control a vehicle; "drive a car or bus"; "Can you drive this four-wheel truck?"
joyride, tool around, tool - ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street"
2.tool - ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street"
driving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal
ride - be carried or travel on or in a vehicle; "I ride to work in a bus"; "He rides the subway downtown every day"
tool - drive; "The convertible tooled down the street"
3.tool - furnish with tools
furnish, provide, supply, render - provide or furnish with; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
4.tool - work with a tool
work on, process, work - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"

 

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