Definition of tool

noun (n)

• an implement used in the practice of a vocation (noun.artifact)

  source: wordnet30
• the means whereby some act is accomplished (noun.act)

  Synonym: instrument
  

  Example:
  Science has given us new tools to fight disease.
  

  source: wordnet30
• a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else (noun.person)

  Synonym: creature, puppet
  

  source: wordnet30
• obscene terms for penis (noun.body)

  Synonym: cock, dick, pecker, peter, prick, putz, shaft
  

  source: wordnet30
• An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work. (noun)

  source: webster1913

verb (v)

• drive (verb.motion)

  Example:
  The convertible tooled down the street.
  

  source: wordnet30
• ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it (verb.motion)

  Synonym: joyride, tool around
  

  Example:
  We tooled down the street.
  

  source: wordnet30
• furnish with tools (verb.possession)

  source: wordnet30
• work with a tool (verb.creation)

  source: wordnet30
• To shape, form, or finish with a tool. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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