tool

T0266200 (to͞ol)n.1. A device, such as a saw, shovel, or drill, used to perform or facilitate manual or mechanical work.2. a. A machine, such as a lathe, used to cut and shape machine parts or other objects.b. The cutting part of such a machine.3. Something regarded as necessary to the carrying out of one's occupation or profession: Words are the tools of our trade.4. Something used in the performance of an operation; an instrument: "Modern democracies have the fiscal and monetary tools ... to end chronic slumps and galloping inflations" (Paul A. Samuelson).5. Vulgar Slang The penis.6. A person used to carry out the designs of another; a dupe.7. a. A bookbinder's hand stamp.b. A design impressed on a book cover by such a stamp.8. Computers A utility program.v. tooled, tool·ing, tools v.tr.1. To form, work, or decorate with a tool.2. To ornament (a book cover) with a bookbinder's tool.3. Slang To drive (a vehicle): tooled the car at 80 miles an hour.v.intr.1. To work with a tool.2. Slang To drive or ride in a vehicle: tooled up and down the roads.Phrasal Verb: tool up To provide an industry or a factory with machinery and tools suitable for a particular job.

[Middle English, from Old English tōl, possibly from Old Norse.]

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(tuːl) n1. (Tools) a. an implement, such as a hammer, saw, or spade, that is used by handb. a power-driven instrument; machine toolc. (in combination): a toolkit. 2. (Tools) the cutting part of such an instrument3. (Tools) a. any of the instruments used by a bookbinder to impress a design on a book coverb. a design so impressed4. (Tools) anything used as a means of performing an operation or achieving an end: he used his boss's absence as a tool for gaining influence. 5. a person used to perform dishonourable or unpleasant tasks for another6. a necessary medium for or adjunct to one's profession: numbers are the tools of the mathematician's trade. 7. (Anatomy) slang another word for penis8. informal a stupid, irritating, or contemptible man9. (Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) Brit an underworld slang word for gunvb10. (Tools) to work, cut, shape, or form (something) with a tool or tools11. (Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (tr) to decorate (a book cover) with a bookbinder's tool12. (often foll by: up) to furnish with tools13. (when: intr, often foll by along) to drive (a vehicle) or (of a vehicle) to be driven, esp in a leisurely or casual style[Old English tōl; related to Old Norse tōl weapon, Old English tawian to prepare; see taw²] ˈtooler n ˈtool-less adj

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n. 1. an implement, esp. one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations. 2. any instrument of manual operation. 3. the cutting or machining part of a lathe, planer, drill, or similar machine. 4. the machine itself. 5. anything used as a means of accomplishing a task or purpose: Education is a tool for success. 6. a person manipulated by another for the latter's own ends. 7. Slang. a. a gun. b. a pickpocket. 8. Slang: Sometimes Vulgar. penis. v.t. 9. to work or shape with a tool. 10. to work decoratively with a hand tool. 11. to ornament (a book cover) with a bookbinder's tool. 12. to drive (a vehicle). 13. to equip with tools or machinery. v.i. 14. to work with a tool. 15. to drive or ride in a vehicle: tooling along the freeway. 16. tool up, to install machinery and tools for performing a job: manufacturers tooling up for production. [before 900; Middle English (n.); Old English tōl, c. Old Norse tōl tools]

tool

Past participle: tooled
Gerund: tooling

Imperative
tool
tool

Present
I tool
you tool
he/she/it tools
we tool
you tool
they tool

Preterite
I tooled
you tooled
he/she/it tooled
we tooled
you tooled
they tooled

Present Continuous
I am tooling
you are tooling
he/she/it is tooling
we are tooling
you are tooling
they are tooling

Present Perfect
I have tooled
you have tooled
he/she/it has tooled
we have tooled
you have tooled
they have tooled

Past Continuous
I was tooling
you were tooling
he/she/it was tooling
we were tooling
you were tooling
they were tooling

Past Perfect
I had tooled
you had tooled
he/she/it had tooled
we had tooled
you had tooled
they had tooled

Future
I will tool
you will tool
he/she/it will tool
we will tool
you will tool
they will tool

Future Perfect
I will have tooled
you will have tooled
he/she/it will have tooled
we will have tooled
you will have tooled
they will have tooled

Future Continuous
I will be tooling
you will be tooling
he/she/it will be tooling
we will be tooling
you will be tooling
they will be tooling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been tooling
you have been tooling
he/she/it has been tooling
we have been tooling
you have been tooling
they have been tooling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been tooling
you will have been tooling
he/she/it will have been tooling
we will have been tooling
you will have been tooling
they will have been tooling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been tooling
you had been tooling
he/she/it had been tooling
we had been tooling
you had been tooling
they had been tooling

Conditional
I would tool
you would tool
he/she/it would tool
we would tool
you would tool
they would tool

Past Conditional
I would have tooled
you would have tooled
he/she/it would have tooled
we would have tooled
you would have tooled
they would have tooled

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocationabrader, abradant - a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishingbender - a tool for bending; "he used pliers as a bender"clincher - a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivetscomb - any of several tools for straightening fiberscutting implement - a tool used for cutting or slicingdrill - 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 toolsfork - an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongsgang - tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work togethergarden tool, lawn tool - used for working in gardens or yardsgrapnel, grapple, grappling hook, grappling iron, grappler - a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a ropehack - a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soilhand tool - a tool used with workers' handshoe - a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handleimplement - instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an endjack - tool for exerting pressure or liftingJaws of Life - hydraulic tool inserted into a wrecked vehicle and used to pry the wreckage apart in order to provide access to people trapped insideneolith - a stone tool from the Neolithic Agepaleolith - a stone tool from the Paleolithic agepestle, 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 stoneplow, plough - a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowingpower tool - a tool driven by a motorpunch, puncher - a tool for making holes or indentationsrake - a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soilram - a tool for driving or forcing something by impactrounder - a tool for rounding corners or edgessaw set - a tool used to bend each alternate sawtooth at a slight angle outwardshaping tool - a tool for shaping metalstrickle - a tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sandstylus, 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 threadsswage, upset - a tool used to thicken or spread metal (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"instrumentmeans, 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 elsepuppet, creatureslave - a person who is owned by someone
	4.	tool - obscene terms for penis cock, pecker, peter, dick, putz, prick, shaftpenis, phallus, member - the male organ of copulation (`member' is a euphemism)dirty word, vulgarism, obscenity, smut, filth - an offensive or indecent word or phrase
Verb	1.	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"joyride, tool arounddriving - the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animalride - 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 - give something useful or necessary to; "We provided the room with an electrical heater"
	4.	tool - work with a tool work on, work, process - shape, form, or improve a material; "work stone into tools"; "process iron"; "work the metal"

tool

noun1. implement, device, appliance, apparatus, machine, instrument, gadget, utensil, contraption, contrivance The best tool for the purpose is a pair of shears.2. means, agency, vehicle, medium, agent, intermediary, wherewithal The video has become an invaluable teaching tool.3. puppet, creature, pawn, dupe, stooge (slang), jackal, minion, lackey, flunkey, hireling, cat's-paw He became the tool of the security services.verb1. make, work, cut, shape, chase, decorate, ornament We have a beautifully tooled glass replica of it.

Tools

Allen key, alligator, auger, awl, axe, ball-peen hammer, beetle, billhook, bit, bitstock, bodkin, bolster, borer, bosh, brace and bit, broach, broad, burin, bushhammer, centre punch, chaser, chisel, claw hammer, clink, clippers, cold chisel, comb, comber, countersink, cradle, croze, diamond point, dibble, drawknife or drawshave, dresser, drift or driftpin, drill, drill press, drove or drove chisel, edge tool, eyeleteer, facer, file, fillet, firmer chisel, flange, flatter, float, floatcut file, fork, former, fraise, froe or frow, fuller, gab, gad, gavel, gimlet, gouger, graver, gympie (Austral.), hack, hack hammer, half-round chisel, hammer, hammer drill, hob, hoe, hone, icebreaker, ice pick, jackhammer, jointer, jumper, kevel, knapping hammer, mallet, mattock, maul, mitre square, monkey wrench, nibbler, nippers, padsaw, percussion tool, pestle, pick, piledriver, pitching tool, plane, pliers, ploughstaff, pneumatic hammer, power drill, pruning hook, punch, rabble or rabbler, rake, rawhide hammer, ripple, rocker, rounder, router, sander, saw, sax, scorper or scauper, screwdriver, screw tap, scriber, scutch or scutcher, scythe, shave, shears, sickle, slasher (Austral. & N.Z.), sledgehammer, snake, slick, soldering iron, spade, spanner, spider, spitsticker, spud or spudder, stiletto, stylus, swage, tack hammer, tilt hammer, triphammer, trepan, trowel, wimble, wrench

tool

noun1. A device used to do work or perform a task:implement, instrument, utensil.2. A person used or controlled by others:cat's-paw, dupe, instrument, pawn, puppet, stooge.verbSlang. To run and control (a motor vehicle):drive, motor, pilot, wheel.

Translations

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tool

(tuːl) noun an instrument for doing work, especially by hand. hammers, saws and other tools; the tools of his trade; Advertising is a powerful tool.工具

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bad workers always blame their tools

If someone performs a job or task poorly or unsuccessfully, they will usually lay the blame on the quality of their equipment, or other such external factors, rather than take responsibility for their own failure. The football player blamed the overinflated ball for costing his team the game, but as they say, bad workers always blame their tools.See also: always, bad, blame, tool, worker

a bad workman always blames his tools

If someone performs a job or task poorly or unsuccessfully, they will usually lay the blame on the quality of their equipment, or other such external factors, rather than take responsibility for their own failure. The football player blamed the overinflated ball for costing his team the game, but as they say, a bad workman always blames his tools.See also: always, bad, blame, tool, workman

a bad workman blames his tools

If someone performs a job or task poorly or unsuccessfully, they will usually lay the blame on the quality of their equipment, or other such external factors, rather than take responsibility for their own failure. When Mary blamed the oven for burning the turkey on Thanksgiving, her husband jokingly replied, "a bad workman always blames his tools."See also: bad, blame, tool, workman

a bad carpenter blames his tools

If someone performs a job or task poorly or unsuccessfully, they will usually lay the blame on external factors, such as the quality of their equipment, rather than take responsibility for their own failure. After John spent all day assembling his new desk only to discover it was lopsided, he immediately declared that the package must have contained the wrong pieces. His wife replied, "only bad carpenters blame their tools, dear." The football player blamed the rainy weather for his poor performance, but as they say, a bad carpenter always blames his tools.See also: bad, blame, tool

a poor craftsman blames his tools

If someone performs a job or task poorly or unsuccessfully, they will usually lay the blame on external factors, such as the quality of their equipment, rather than take responsibility for their own failure. After John spent all day assembling his new desk only to discover it was lopsided, he immediately declared that the package must have contained the wrong pieces. His wife replied, "only poor craftsmen blame their tools, dear." The football player blamed the rainy weather for his poor performance, but as they say, a poor craftsman always blames his tools.See also: blame, poor, tool

idle hands are the devil's tools

When one has nothing to do, one is more likely to get into trouble. When I'm off from school, my grandmother is always trying to get me out of the house, while reminding me that idle hands are the devil's tools.See also: hand, idle, tool

down tools

To refuse to work, usually in an attempt to force improvement in one's working conditions. Primarily heard in UK, Australia. Sir, I'm afraid the workers will down tools if we don't offer them a better contract.See also: down, tool

the tools of the/(one's) trade

The specific tools used in a particular profession. If you want to become a painter, you have to familiarize yourself with the tools of the trade—which include more than just paintbrushes. As a reporter, the tools of my trade used to be a pencil and a pad of paper—but now technology has changed the game.See also: of, tool, trade

not the sharpest tool in the shed

Not intelligent; dim-witted or prone to stupidity. His new boyfriend isn't the sharpest tool in the shed, but he's pretty good looking! I wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed in school, but I still managed to find a profession I loved.See also: not, sharp, shed, tool

tool up

1. To become equipped with the tools, instruments, or machinery necessary for a task or one's job. Now that I'm all tooled up, I can finally get to work repairing this fence. After their lunch break ended, the workers started tooling up again.2. To provide or equip someone with the tools, instruments, or machinery necessary for a task or one's job. In this usage, a noun or pronoun can be used between "tool" and "up." This is your first day, right? Head over to the foreman, he'll tool you up. We still need to tool up the new factory.See also: tool, up

power tool

A tool that receives power other than from one's hands to operate, typically electricity. Make sure you keep your power tools locked up and out of sight of the children. If you're looking for something to get your aunt for Christmas, you can never go wrong with a good power tool. I think she's been eyeing up a new belt sander.See also: power, tool

garden tool

vulgar slang A derogatory term for a woman considered promiscuous. The term plays on the meanings of "ho" (a derogatory slang term for a prostitute or woman considered promiscuous) and "hoe" (a tool used for tilling soil). You can't go home with him—he'll think you're a garden tool!See also: garden, tool

Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Provide someone with that which they lack, and they will complete the task, often after others have abandoned or struggled with it. When my mother forgot about my limited budget and criticized my new apartment's lack of furniture, I simply held out my hand for money and said, "Give us the tools, and we will finish the job." Part of the building is still under construction because the company stopped funding it. Just give us the tools, and we will finish the job!See also: and, finish, give, we, will

Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

Prov. A reply to someone who wants you to do a task for which you lack the equipment. How am I supposed to wash the upstairs windows without a ladder? Give us the tools, and we will finish the job!See also: and, finish, give, job, we, will

tool around (in something)

to go around in a car; to speed around in a car. Who is that kid tooling around in that souped-up car? Ann spends a lot of time tooling around in her new car.See also: around, tool

tool something up

to equip a factory or production line with particular tools and machines, as for new products. The manager closed down the factory so she could tool it up for the new models. She tooled up the factory in record time.See also: tool, up

tool up

to become equipped with tools. I need some money so I can tool up to do the job. The factory tooled up to make the new cars in only two weeks.See also: tool, up

tool up

1. Provide the equipment for a particular task, as in Now that we're all tooled up let's repair the boat. This term originated in industry, where it is used for supplying a factory with machinery or other equipment for production. [1920s] 2. Arm oneself, as in They tooled up for their encounter with the rival gang. [Second half of 1900s] See also: tool, up

down tools

lay down tools

BRITISHIf a group of people down tools or lay down tools, they stop working, often in order to protest about something. In August, the workers at this shipyard downed tools and went on strike for pay increases. Metal workers, engineers, waiters and cooks are among those who have laid down tools this week.See also: down, tool

the tools of the trade

the tools of your trade

The tools of the trade or the tools of your trade are the skills and equipment that you need to do your job. He was never really a novelist, having no use for the usual tools of the trade such as plot and suspense. The peasants were deprived of their animals, the tools of their trade, and their land.See also: of, tool, trade

a bad workman blames his tools

People say a bad workman blames his tools when someone says that something they have done is not of good quality because they did not have the correct things to do it with, to mean that it is really because they did not have enough skill. Complaining about the poor script, he added: `But they say a bad workman blames his tools.'See also: bad, blame, tool, workman

down tools

stop work, typically as a form of industrial action. British informalSee also: down, tool

a bad workman blames his tools

someone who has done something badly will seek to lay the blame on the equipment rather than admit to their own lack of skill. proverb A similar 13th-century French proverb observed mauveés ovriers ne trovera ja bon hostill , ‘bad workmen will never find a good tool’, and variants of this early saying can be found in English until the mid 19th century until the emergence of the modern version.See also: bad, blame, tool, workman

ˌdown ˈtools

(British English) stop work, either at the end of the day or to go on strike: The workers have threatened to down tools as a protest against the dismissals.See also: down, tool

the tools of the/your ˈtrade

the things you need to do your job: We are proud to make David’s boots, because they are the tools of his trade as a professional footballer. ♢ Ambulancemen now believe that helicopters are vital tools of the trade.See also: of, tool, trade

tool up

v.1. To equip oneself with tools or machinery needed for a particular job: The company tooled up to produce the new product.2. To equip someone or something with tools or machinery needed for a particular job: The company still hasn't tooled up all of its new factories. The supplier travels to every workshop each week to tool them up.3. To supply or equip oneself with weaponry; arm. Used chiefly in the passive: The gang was tooled up and ready for a fight. See also: tool, up

garden tool

n. a whore; a hoe. (Contrived word play.) She’s nothing more than a garden tool. See also: garden, tool

power tool

n. a student who studies most of the time. (An elaboration of tool.) Willard is a power tool if there ever was one. Studies most of the night. See also: power, tool

tool

1. n. an earnest student. (see also power tool.) Of course he’s a tool. See the plastic liner in his pocket? 2. n. a dupe; someone who can be victimized easily. They were looking for some tool to drive the getaway car. 3. in. to speed along (in a car). (see also tool around.) We were tooling along at about seventy-five when the cop spotted us.

tool around

in. to drive or cruise around. (see also tool.) We tooled around for a while and then rented a horror movie. See also: around, tool

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bad workers always blame their tools

a bad workman always blames his tools

a bad workman blames his tools

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idle hands are the devil's tools

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the tools of the/(one's) trade

not the sharpest tool in the shed

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Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.

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tool around (in something)

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noun implement

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noun means

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noun puppet

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verb make

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noun a device used to do work or perform a task

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noun a person used or controlled by others

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verb to run and control (a motor vehicle)

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noun an implement used in the practice of a vocation

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noun the means whereby some act is accomplished

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noun a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

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