Meaning of tool | Babel Free

Definitions

1. a tool, an implement
2. Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
3. Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's.
4. To provide an industry or a factory with machinery and tools suitable for a particular job.
5. Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
6. Slang. To run and control (a motor vehicle):drive, motor, pilot, wheel.
7. A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
8. an instrument for doing work, especially by hand. hammers, saws and other tools; the tools of his trade; Advertising is a powerful tool. gereedskap أداه инструмент instrumento nástroj, nářadí das Werkzeug værktøj; redskab εργαλείοinstrumento tööriist ابزار؛ آچار työkalu outil, instrumentכלי औजार alat, oruđe szerszám, eszköz alat verkfæri, áhald, tæki, tól attrezzo, strumento 道具 도구 įrankis instruments; darbarīks alat gereedschapredskap, verktøynarzędzie سامان، اوزار ( افزار )، اسباب: اّله، لاس...
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9. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.
10. A device, such as a saw, shovel, or drill, used to perform or facilitate manual or mechanical work.
11. A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.).
12. A machine, such as a lathe, used to cut and shape machine parts or other objects.
13. A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
    informal, vulgar
14. Something regarded as necessary to the carrying out of one's occupation or profession: Words are the tools of our trade.
15. An obnoxious or uptight person.
    broadly, derogatory, slang, vulgar
16. 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).
17. A handgun.
    Canada, Multicultural-London-English, US, slang
18. Vulgar Slang The penis.
    Vulgar Slang
19. A person used to carry out the designs of another; a dupe.
20. A bookbinder's hand stamp.

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Examples

“Several prehistoric tools, including a stone ax, were found during the dig.”

“A screwdriver is a tool that no household should be without.”

“A stapler is a tool for attaching papers to others.”

“the tools of the trade”

“Rakes, shovels, hoes, and spades are some of the tools of the gardener's trade.”

“I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine.”

“A timing light is a tool that only an automotive mechanic, professional or amateur, would have.”

“Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.”

“Idleness is a tool of the devil.”

“A spreadsheet app and a bookkeeping app are some of the principal tools of a bookkeeper.”

“What was the need of a man to do that? "One stick at a time;" if Ned could not do that, he was a poor tool. Ah, a poor tool he proved to be.”

“Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.”

“The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.”

“a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk”

“She was a tool of the pharmaceutical lobby.”

“He was a tool of a foreign influence operation.”

“a five-tool player”

“When asked what he liked about Youk [Kevin Youkilis], former Boston scout Matt Haas says, "At first glance, not a lot." (Mind you, this is one of the few scouts who actually wanted the kid.) "He was unorthodox," says Haas, who now scouts for the Arizona Diamondbacks. "He had an extreme crouch—his thighs were almost parallel to the ground. And he was heavier than he is now. But the more I watched him, the more I just thought, Throw the tools out the window. This guy can play baseball."”

“Or haue wee some strange Indian with the great Toole, come to Court, the women so besiege vs?”

“She wanna hang with the goons She wanna party midnight till noon She wanna play with my tool”

“He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool.”

“In my city keep a tool Lil nigga you know the rules”

“Three waps up and a couple of shanks (Just in case) But I got faith that these tools won't jam”

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