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English

Several tools in a toolbox

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishtool,tol, fromOld Englishtōl(“tool, implement, instrument”, literally“that with which one prepares something”), perhaps borrowed fromOld Norsetól, but at any rate ultimately fromProto-Germanic*tōlą(“that which is used in preparation, tool”), fromProto-Indo-European*dewh₂-(“to tie to, secure”), equivalent totaw(“to prepare”) +‎-le(agent suffix). Cognate withScotstuil(“tool, implement, instrument, device”),Icelandictól(“tool”),Faroesetól(“tool, instrument”). Related toOld Englishtāwian(“to make, prepare, or cultivate”); seetaw, andtow ("fibres used for spinning").[1][2]

Pronunciation

Noun

tool (pluraltools)

  2. Any mechanicaldevice meant to ease or do a task.
    Hyponyms:hand tool,power tool,machine tool;see alsoThesaurus:tool
    Several prehistorictools, including a stone ax, were found during the dig.
    A screwdriver is atool that no household should be without.
    A stapler is atool for attaching papers to others.
    1. Any piece ofequipment used in a profession, such as acraftsman's.
      Hyponyms:hand tool,power tool,machine tool;see alsoThesaurus:tool
      thetools of the trade
      Rakes, shovels, hoes, and spades are some of thetools of the gardener's trade.
      I don't have the righttools to start fiddling around with the engine.
      A timing light is atool that only an automotive mechanic, professional or amateur, would have.
      • 2012 March,Brian Hayes, “Pixels or Perish”, inAmerican Scientist‎[1], volume100, number 2, archived fromthe original on19 February 2013, page106:
        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 indispensabletools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.
  3. Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; aninstrument; ameans.
    Idleness is atool of the devil.
    A spreadsheet app and a bookkeeping app are some of the principaltools of a bookkeeper.
    • 1867,The Masonic Trowel, volume 6, page44:
      What was the need of a man to do that? "One stick at a time;" if Ned could not do that, he was a poortool. Ah, a poortool he proved to be.
    • 2013 July-August, Catherine Clabby, “Focus on Everything”, inAmerican Scientist‎[2], archived fromthe original on11 May 2017:
      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 atool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.
  4. (computing) A piece ofsoftware used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
    Hypernyms:application,program
    Hyponyms:utility,applet
    The software engineer had been developing lots of EDAtools.
    atool for recovering deleted files from a disk
  5. A person or group which is used or controlled, usuallyunwittingly, by another person or group.
    She was atool of the pharmaceutical lobby.
    He was atool of a foreign influence operation.
  6. (baseball) A particularskill pertaining tobaseball (such ashitting,running, etc.).
    a five-tool player
    • 2007 November 7, Mark Bechtel, “"there's Something Fun About Yooouuuk"”, inSports Illustrated‎[3], archived fromthe original on2008-10-14:
      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 thetools out the window. This guy can play baseball."
  7. (vulgar, informal) Apenis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:penis
  8. (by extension, vulgar, slang, derogatory) An obnoxious or uptight person.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:jerk
    Hyponym:power tool
    He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such atool.
  9. (slang, Canada,US, MTE, MLE, and possibly wider) Ahandgun.
    Synonyms:seeThesaurus:weapon
    • 2019 February 1,Burna Bandz, “Goons” (track 13), inCompact Burna‎[5]:
      In my city keep atool
      Lil nigga you know the rules

Derived terms

Translations

mechanical device intended to make a task easier
equipment used in a profession
a software for developers
person or group used or controlled by another
penis
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References

Verb

tool (third-person singular simple presenttools,present participletooling,simple past and past participletooled)

  1. (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g.,hand-tooled leather.
  2. (transitive) Toequip with tools.
  3. (intransitive) To work very hard.
    • 1965, Matt Fichtenbaum, Dan Murphy, “The Institute Screw”, inThe Broadside of Boston, volume III, number22:
      Do this lab and read this book, nowtool, one and all,
      And be sure and pass that final quiz or be screwed right to the wall.
  4. (transitive, slang) Toput down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
    Dude, he's not your friend. He's justtooling you.
  5. (transitive, volleyball) Tointentionallyattack the ball so that itdeflects off ablockerout of bounds.
  6. (transitive, UK, slang, dated) Todrive (acoach or other vehicle).
  7. (transitive, UK, slang, dated) Tocarry orconvey in acoach or other vehicle.
    • 1850s, Cuthbert M. Bede,The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
      Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since hetooled him up to the Warsity with his guvnor."
  8. (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; toride ordrive.
    • March 8, 1890, Byron P. Stephenson, "My Trip to Brazil", inIllustrated American
      boys on their bicyclestooling along the well-kept roads
    • 2011,Ben Aaronovitch,Rivers of London, Gollancz, published2011, page324:
      These are the guys thattool around in Mercedes Sprinter vans with equipment lockers stuffed with everything from riot helmets to tasers.

Synonyms

  • (volleyball):use

Derived terms

Translations

to work on or shape with tools
to equip with tools
to work very hard
volleyball
(slang) ride or drive
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References

  1. ^Carus, Paul (1893)The philosophy of the tool, Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, pages3-4
  2. ^Hall, John Richard Clark (1960)A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 4 edition, Supplement by Herbert D. Merritt, Cambridge University Press, published1984,→ISBN, page338 & 345

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishtool.

Pronunciation

Noun

tool m (pluraltools,diminutivetooltje n)

  1. atool, aid, instrument,auxiliarydevice
    Synonym:hulpmiddel

Related terms

Estonian

FWOTD – 11 April 2014
EstonianWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediaet
Tool

Etymology

FromMiddle Low Germanstôl, ultimately fromProto-Germanic*stōlaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

tool (genitivetooli,partitivetooli)

  1. chair
    1. Aseat with fourlegs and abackrest for one person.
      • 1968, Peet Vallak,Tuuled ümber maja: Novellivalimik, page200:
        Siis läks kogu ta vallasvara oksjonile ning mõni siiasiginenudtool, laud, voodi, kapp ja sööginõud olid nüüd seaduslikult naise-ema omad.
        Then all his personal property was put up for auction and anychair, table, bed, or dishes he had taken possession now belonged legitimately to his mother-in-law.

Declension

Declension oftool (ÕS type22e/riik, length gradation)
singularplural
nominativetooltoolid
accusativenom.
gen.tooli
genitivetoolide
partitivetoolitoole
toolisid
illativetooli
toolisse		toolidesse
toolesse
inessivetoolistoolides
tooles
elativetoolisttoolidest
toolest
allativetooliletoolidele
toolele
adessivetooliltoolidel
toolel
ablativetoolilttoolidelt
toolelt
translativetoolikstoolideks
tooleks
terminativetoolinitoolideni
essivetoolinatoolidena
abessivetoolitatoolideta
comitativetooligatoolidega

Derived terms

References

Middle English

Etymology 1

FromOld Englishtōl, fromProto-Germanic*tōlą.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

tool (pluraltoles ortolen)

  2. Atool,implement, orinstrument.
  3. Aninstrument ofwar; anarmament.
  4. (rare) Adevice used for torturing or interrogration.
  5. (rare, vulgar) Apenis.
Descendants
References

Etymology 2

Noun

tool

  2. Alternative form oftoll.

Woiwurrung

Noun

tool

  1. marsh[1]

References

  1. ^https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/The_aborigines_of_Victoria_-_with_notes_relating_to_the_habits_of_the_natives_of_other_parts_of_Australia_and_Tasmania_%28IA_b24885228_0002%29.pdf

Wolof

Pronunciation

Noun

tool (definite formtoolbi)

  1. field
  2. garden

References

Omar Ka (2018)Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center,→ISBN, page255

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