Definition of
Tool
- (noun, act) the means whereby some act is accomplished
science has given us new tools to fight disease - (noun, artifact) an implement used in the practice of a vocation
- (noun, body) obscene terms for penis
- (noun, person) a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
- (verb, creation) work with a tool
- (verb, motion) ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
- (verb, motion) drive
- (verb, possession) furnish with tools
- (noun, act) the means whereby some act is accomplished
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Synonyms of Tool
cock, creature, dick, instrument, joyride, pecker, peter, prick, puppet, putz, shaft, tool around
Alternate forms of Tool
Derivations: tool
Hyponyms: abradant, abrader, bender, clincher, comb, cutting implement, drill, eolith, fork, gang, garden tool, grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron, hack, hand tool, hoe, jack, jaws of life, lawn tool, muller, neolith, paleolith, pestle, plough, plow, pounder, power tool, punch, puncher, rake, ram, rounder, saw set, shaping tool, strickle, style, stylus, swage, tamp, tamper, tamping bar, tap, upset
Hypernyms: agency, drive, furnish, implement, means, member, penis, phallus, process, provide, render, ride, slave, supply, way, work, work on
Origin of the word Tool
- O.E. tol "instrument, implement," from P.Gmc. *tolan (cf. O.N. tol), from a verb stem represented by O.E. tawian "prepare." The ending is the instrumental suffix -l (e.g. shovel). Fig. sense of "person used by another for his own ends" is recorded from 1663. Slang meaning "penis" first recorded 1553. The verb "to drive a vehicle" is first atte… more
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Words that sound like Tool
taal, tael, tai lue, tail, tala, tale, tall, tall oil, tall yellow-eye, tallow, tallow oil, tally, tattily, tattle, tautly, tea towel, teal, teetotal, tell, telly, thalia, the hill, the whole way, thill, thole, thule, tidal, tiddly, tidily, tile, tilia, till, title, tittle, tl, toad lily, toddle, toil, tole, toll, tolu
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