Definition of tool Tool
/tuˈl/ - [tul] - tool
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| tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation | ||
| implement instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end | ||
| 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 the act of drawing a comb through hair; "his hair needed a comb" | ||
| cutting implement a tool used for cutting or slicing | ||
| drill (military) the training of soldiers to march (as in ceremonial parades) or to perform the manual of arms | ||
| eolith a crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint); possibly the earliest tools | ||
| fork cutlery used for serving and eating food | ||
| gang tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together | ||
| garden tool, lawn tool used for working in gardens or yards | ||
| grappling hook, grappling iron, grapnel, grappler, grapple a light anchor for small boats | ||
| hack a saddle horse used for transportation rather than sport etc. | ||
| hand tool a tool used with workers' hands | ||
| hoe a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle | ||
| jack male donkey | ||
| 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 | ||
| pounder, pestle, muller (used only in combination) something weighing a given number of pounds; "the fisherman caught a 10-pounder"; "their linemen are all 300-pounders" | ||
| 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 (boxing) a blow with the fist; "I gave him a clout on his nose" | ||
| rake a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil | ||
| ram uncastrated adult male sheep; "a British term is `tup'" | ||
| 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 light touch or stroke | ||
| 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" | ||
| instrument | ||
| means, agency, way 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" | ||
| tool - obscene terms for penis | ||
| cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, putz | ||
| penis, phallus, member the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism) | ||
| tool - a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | ||
| creature, puppet | ||
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| tool - work with a tool | ||
| work on, process, work subject to a process or treatment, with the aim of readying for some purpose, improving, or remedying a condition; "process cheese"; "process hair"; "treat the water so it can be drunk"; "treat the lawn with chemicals" ; "treat an oil spill" | ||
| tool - drive; "The convertible tooled down the street" | ||
| drive move into a desired direction of discourse; "What are you driving at?" | ||
| tool - furnish with tools | ||
| furnish, supply, provide, render provide or equip with furniture; "We furnished the house in the Biedermeyer style" | ||
| tool - ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street" | ||
| joyride, tool around | ||
| ride copulate with; "The bull was riding the cow" | ||
| driving the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal | ||
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Wiktionary 
- tool (Noun)
A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. - tool (Noun)
equipment used in a profession, e. g. , tools of the trade. - tool (Noun)
Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means. - tool (Noun)
A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations. - tool (Noun)
A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group. - tool (Noun)
Penis. - tool (Noun)
An obnoxious or uptight person. - tool (Verb)
To work on or shape with tools, e. g. , hand-tooled leather. - tool (Verb)
To equip with tools. - tool (Verb)
To work very hard. - tool (Verb)
To put down another person possibly in a subtle, hidden way, and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal. - tool (Verb)
To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds . - tool (Verb)
To drive.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- tool (n.)
An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work. - tool (n.)
A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool. - tool (n.)
Hence, any instrument of use or service. - tool (n.)
A weapon. - tool (n.)
A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes. - tool (v. t.)
To shape, form, or finish with a tool. - tool (v. t.)
To drive, as a coach.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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tool
A mechanical device intended to make a task easier. -
tool
A program or application that software developers use to create, debug, maintain, or otherwise support other programs and applications.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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tool
tōōl, n. an instrument used by workmen: one who acts as the mere instrument of another.—v.t. to mark with a tool, esp. to ornament or imprint designs upon, of bookbinders: (slang) to drive, as a coach or other vehicle: to carry in a vehicle.—v.i. to travel in a vehicle, to drive.—n. Tool′ing, workmanship done with a tool. [A.S. tól, tohl; perh. from the root of tow.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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tool
The instrument of any person or faction, a cat's paw. See CATS PAW.
Wikipedia 
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Tools are objects used to help make tasks easier to do. Tools have evolved over time, and innovations in tools came during periods such as the Stone Age and Bronze Age. More useful materials were used and better tools were created. These creations and inventions became modern tools.
Some examples of tools that are often used today are the hammer, the wrench (also called a spanner), saws, and shovel. Very basic things like knives and pens and pencils are tools. The bludgeon (a stick or rock used to smash things) was the very first tool made by humans. The knife is also one of the first tools humans ever made. -
band
Tool is an American progressive metal band. It was formed in 1990 in Los Angeles, California. The band took a break after their third album "Lateralus" because singer Maynard James Keenan was working with his other band, A Perfect Circle, at the same time. The band has won Grammy Awards for Best Metal Performance in 1997 for the song "Ænema" and in 2001 for the song "Schism". Tool has four members in the band: Danny Carey, Justin Chancellor, Adam Jones, and Maynard James Keenan.
Tool has released four full studio albums. Their first release, "Opiate", which had only seven songs on it, is an EP and the album "Salival" is a recording of live performances. The band released their fourth album, "10,000 Days", on May 2, 2006.
History.
Tool started in 1991 when Keenan and guiarist Jones started practicing together. Tom Morello introduced them to drummer Carey, who lived in the building where they practiced, and he soon joined as well. Bass guitar player Paul D'Amour was the last to join the band. D'Amour left the band in 1995 to work with other bands. Justin Chancellor was hired to replace him.
Opiate.
Tool made its first album in 1992. It was called "Opiate" EP. To help sell records, they went on tour. They traveled around the U.S. playing in concerts with two other bands named Fishbone and Rage Against the Machine. During one of there concerts in 1993, the band was playing at the Church of Scientology’s Celebrity Centre in Los Angeles. Keenan (who would later write the lyrics "Fu
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