'TOOL' definitions:

Definition of 'tool'

From: WordNet
noun
An implement used in the practice of a vocation
noun
The means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease" [syn: instrument, tool]
noun
A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else [syn: creature, tool, puppet]
noun
Obscene terms for penis [syn: cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz]
verb
Drive; "The convertible tooled down the street"
verb
Ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street" [syn: joyride, tool, tool around]
verb
Furnish with tools
verb
Work with a tool

Definition of 'Tool'

From: GCIDE
  • Tool \Tool\ (t[=oo]l), n. [OE. tol,tool. AS. t[=o]l; akin to Icel. t[=o]l, Goth. taijan to do, to make, taui deed, work, and perhaps to E. taw to dress leather. [root]64.]
  • 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Hence, any instrument of use or service. [1913 Webster]
  • That angry fool . . . Whipping her horse, did with his smarting tool Oft whip her dainty self. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. A weapon. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Him that is aghast of every tool. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
  • 5. A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes. [1913 Webster]
  • I was not made for a minion or a tool. --Burks. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tool'

From: GCIDE
  • Tool \Tool\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. tooled; p. pr. & vb. n. tooling.]
  • 1. To shape, form, or finish with a tool. "Elaborately tooled." --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To drive, as a coach. [Slang, Eng.] [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Tool'

From: GCIDE
  • Tool \Tool\ (t[=oo]l), v. i. [Cf. Tool, v. t., 2.] To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. [Colloq.]
  • Boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads. --Illust. American. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

Synonyms of 'tool'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Acronyms for 'TOOL'

From: V.E.R.A.
  • [conference on] Technology of Object-Orientated Languages and Systems (OOP, conference)

Tool, TX -- U.S. city in Texas

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Tool, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
Population (2000) :
2275
Housing Units (2000) :
1416
Land area (2000) :
3.607782 sq. miles (9.344112 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.015894 sq. miles (0.041166 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
3.623676 sq. miles (9.385278 sq. km)
FIPS code :
73352
Located within :
Texas (TX), FIPS 48
Location :
32.280459 N, 96.172678 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.

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