Tool

Noun

 * 1) A mechanical device intended to make a task easier
 * 2) equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade
 * 3) Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means
 * 4)  A piece of software used to develop software or hardware
 * 5) A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group
 * 6)  penis;  an obnoxious or uptight person

Verb

 * 1)  to work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather
 * 2)  to equip with tools
 * 3)  to work very hard
 * 4)  to put someone else down (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use them to meet a goal
 * 5)  to intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds

Adjectives for Tool
unconscious; passive; obedient; legitimate; vital; tempered; shaped; dexterous; edged; brittle; trenchant; unaccustomed; ready; obsolete; congenial; subservient; exquisite; keen.

Verbs for Tool
apply—; devise—; employ—; enlist—; fashion—; guide—; hew with—; manipulate—; mechanize—; operate—; skill with—; stamp —; strain—; tax—; utilize—; wield—; — bevels; —bores; —eases; —facilitates; — lightens; —smooths.

Thesaurus
machine, make prints, mark, mattock, mealymouth, means, mechanism, mechanize, mediator, medium, midwife, mill, minion, miter box, motor, motorize, nail file, nail puller, news agent, nippers, official, organ, ornament, palette knife, paper clip, paper cutter, paper knife, paring knife, parliamentary agent, passenger agent, pawn, peavey, penknife, peon, pick, pickax, pilot, pincers, pinch bar, pitchfork, planer, plaything, pliers, plowshare, press agent, print, puller, punch, punch pliers, puncheon, puppet, purchasing agent, putty knife, ram, rammer, ramrod, razor, razor blade, real estate agent, retool, ripping bar, road, sales agent, saw knife, sax, scalpel, scissors, scoop, score, scrape, scraper, scratch, screwdriver, scuffle hoe, sculpture, scythe, secretary, serf, servant, shape, shaper, share, sharpen, shears, sheath knife, sickle, sidecutters, slave, snips, soldering iron, spaniel, spatula, spear, special agent, spokeshave, square, stapler, station agent, steward, stipple, stooge, suck, sucker, surgical knife, sword, sycophant, table knife, tackle, tamp, tamper, tamping pick, tap, theatrical agent, ticket agent, timeserver, tire iron, tire tool, toad, toady, tongs, toy, travel agent, truckler, tufthunter, tweezers, utensil, vehicle, vise, walking delegate, way, weapon, wedge, wheel, work, wrecking bar, wrench, yes-man, Charlie McCarthy, Federal, T square, adz, agency, agent, aid, amanuensis, ancilla, apparatus, apple-polisher, appliance, ass-licker, auto, autolithograph, avenue, awl, ax, backscratcher, backslapper, baggage agent, bale breaker, bar, battering ram, be a printmaker, bevel, bevel square, bodkin, bootlick, bootlicker, bradawl, bread knife, brown-nose, brownie, buffer, bushwhacker, business agent, butcher knife, calipers, cant hook, carve, carving knife, caulking iron, center punch, character, charioteer, chaser, chisel, chuck, chump, claim agent, clamp, clasp, clawback, cleaver, clerk, clinch, clip, clipper, clippers, commercial agent, commission agent, consignee, contraption, contrivance, courtier, cramp, crease, creature, cribble, cringer, crosshatch, crowbar, customer agent, cut, dagger, decorate, device, dibble, dividers, dog, dress, dummy, dupe, edger, electric sander, electric soldering iron, embellish, enchase, engrave, factor, fawner, fed, federal agent, file, flail, flatterer, flunky, footlicker, forceps, fork, freight agent, functionary, furrow, gadget, general agent, gimmick, gizmo, go-between, gouge, grab, grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling iron, grave, grease gun, grindstone, grip, groove, groveler, hack, handmaid, handmaiden, handshaker, hatch, hatchet, hawk, helot, hireling, hoe, holdfast, hook, hunting knife, implement, incise, inscribe, instrument, instrumentality, insurance agent, interagent, intermediary, intermediate, intermedium, jack, jackal, jackknife, jackscrew, jaws, jointer, knife, kowtower, lackey, lance, lancet, land agent, lathe, law agent, led captain, letter-opener, level, lever, lickspit, lickspittle, line, literary agent, lithograph, loan agent, machete,

Etymology
From, from tol:, from , from. Cognate with tuil:,  tól:,  tól:. Related to tawian:; see, and  ("fibres used for spinning").

Synonyms

 * use

Derived terms

 * toolbar
 * toolbox
 * toolchain
 * tool chest
 * tooling
 * toolkit
 * toolless
 * toollike
 * toolmaker
 * toolset

Noun

 * Arabic:
 * Armenian: գործիք (gorçik')
 * Bulgarian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish: instrument, redskab
 * Dutch:, , ,
 * Esperanto: laborilo
 * Estonian: tööriist
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German:, ,
 * Greek: ,
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian: eszköz, szer
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: instrumento
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese:
 * Luhya:
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:, unealtă, instrument
 * Russian: инструмент (instrumént), орудие труда (orúdije trudá)
 * Scots:
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Serbian: ,
 * Slovene: orodje
 * Spanish:
 * Swahili: vifaa (noun 7,8)
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: araç,
 * West Frisian:


 * Armenian: գործիք (gorçik')
 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: værktøj
 * Dutch: ,
 * Estonian: vahend
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * German: ,
 * Greek:, εξοπλισμός
 * Hebrew:
 * Interlingua: instrumento
 * Italian: ,


 * Japanese: ,
 * Navajo:
 * Norwegian: ,
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Russian: ,
 * Serbian: средство, sredstvo , прибор , pribor
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili: vifaa (noun 7,8)
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: araç


 * Czech:
 * Estonian: instrumentaalprogramm
 * German: Tool


 * Greek: ,
 * Japanese:
 * Portuguese:, aplicação


 * Czech:
 * German: Werkzeug, Instrument


 * Greek: υποχείριο, ενεργούμενο
 * Japanese: 使いっ走り; でくの坊


 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: riist
 * Finnish:
 * German:, Gerät
 * Greek:
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: ,


 * Luhya:
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:

Verb

 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: donar forma
 * Czech:
 * Danish: bearbejde
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: viimistlema
 * Finnish: työstää


 * French:
 * German:
 * Interlingua: formar (con utensiles)
 * Norwegian:
 * Polish: obrabiać
 * Portuguese: talhar, ciselar


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan: equipar
 * Danish: udstyre med maskiner
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: varustama
 * Finnish:


 * Galician:
 * Norwegian: utstyre utruste
 * Polish: wyposażać
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: экипировать (ekipírovát’), оборудовать (oborúdovat’), оснащать/оснастить (osnaš'át'/osnastít')


 * Estonian: rügama


 * Polish:

Anagrams

 * loot
 * LOTO

Noun

 * 1) chair

Etymology
From Stuhl: