Definitions for tool

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IPA: /tul/

Tool is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 5 points.

You can make 23 anagrams from letters in tool (loot).

Definitions for tool

noun

1. an implement, especially 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; a machine tool.
5. anything used as a means of accomplishing a task or purpose:
6. a person manipulated by another for the latter's own ends; cat's-paw.
7. the design or ornament impressed upon the cover of a book.
8. Underworld Slang. a pistol or gun. a pickpocket.
9. Slang: Vulgar. penis.

Verb phrases

1. tool up, to install machinery designed for performing a particular job:

verb (used with object)

1. to work or shape with a tool.
2. to work decoratively with a hand tool.
3. to ornament (the cover of a book) with a bookbinder's tool.
4. to drive (a vehicle):
5. to equip with tools or machinery.

verb (used without object)

1. to work with a tool.
2. to drive or ride in a vehicle:

Origin of tool

before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English tōl; cognate with Old Norse tōl tools; akin to taw²

Examples for tool

“The Americans were a tool, used by the Safis in the Pech to rid them of their competition in the timber trade,” Zalwar Khan said.

“The spoon was a tool for foreshadowing,” the Facebook page explains.

He wasn't crazy about being fat, but he saw his body as a tool to use in the making of his career.

I have suffered him to treat me like his tool and instrument.

At this point of his reverie Pierre was roused by Thomas, who asked him to fetch a tool.

The man who does not care about his rights, depend upon it, will be made a tool of by those that do.

God can use us as tools, but to be a tool of, is not to be a fellow-worker with.

tool around Capitol Hill, which brims gay bars, restaurants, and clubs.

Perhaps you will not be as ready to admit that a tool is a book.

This study uses the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), which is really a tool that tracks crimes.