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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.]Translationstool up
tool up1. 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, uptool something upto 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, uptool upto 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, uptool up1. 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, uptool upv.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, upEncyclopediaSeetool |