Dictionary entry details
• TOOL (noun)
Meaning:
An implement used in the practice of a vocation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("tool" is a kind of...):
implement (instrumentation (a piece of equipment or tool) used to effect an end)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tool"):
abradant; abrader (a tool or machine used for wearing down or smoothing or polishing)
paleolith (a stone tool from the Paleolithic age)
muller; pestle; pounder (a heavy tool of stone or iron (usually with a flat base and a handle) that is used to grind and mix material (as grain or drugs or pigments) against a slab of stone)
plough; plow (a farm tool having one or more heavy blades to break the soil and cut a furrow prior to sowing)
power tool (a tool driven by a motor)
punch; puncher (a tool for making holes or indentations)
rake (a long-handled tool with a row of teeth at its head; used to move leaves or loosen soil)
ram (a tool for driving or forcing something by impact)
rounder (a tool for rounding corners or edges)
saw set (a tool used to bend each alternate sawtooth at a slight angle outward)
shaping tool (a tool for shaping metal)
strickle (a tool used in a foundry to shape a mold in sand)
style; stylus (a pointed tool for writing or drawing or engraving)
tamp; tamper; tamping bar (a tool for tamping (e.g., for tamping tobacco into a pipe bowl or a charge into a drill hole etc.))
tap (a tool for cutting female (internal) screw threads)
neolith (a stone tool from the Neolithic Age)
Jaws of Life (hydraulic tool inserted into a wrecked vehicle and used to pry the wreckage apart in order to provide access to people trapped inside)
bender (a tool for bending)
clincher (a tool used to clinch nails or bolts or rivets)
comb (any of several tools for straightening fibers)
cutting implement (a tool used for cutting or slicing)
drill (a tool with a sharp point and cutting edges for making holes in hard materials (usually rotating rapidly or by repeated blows))
eolith (a crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint); possibly the earliest tools)
fork (an agricultural tool used for lifting or digging; has a handle and metal prongs)
gang (tool consisting of a combination of implements arranged to work together)
garden tool; lawn tool (used for working in gardens or yards)
grapnel; grapple; grappler; grappling hook; grappling iron (a tool consisting of several hooks for grasping and holding; often thrown with a rope)
hack (a tool (as a hoe or pick or mattock) used for breaking up the surface of the soil)
hand tool (a tool used with workers' hands)
hoe (a tool with a flat blade attached at right angles to a long handle)
jack (tool for exerting pressure or lifting)
swage; upset (a tool used to thicken or spread metal (the end of a bar or a rivet etc.) by forging or hammering or swaging)
Meaning:
The means whereby some act is accomplished
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
instrument; tool
Context examples:
my greed was the instrument of my destruction / science has given us new tools to fight disease
Hypernyms ("tool" is a kind of...):
agency; means; way (how a result is obtained or an end is achieved)
Meaning:
A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
puppet; creature; tool
Hypernyms ("tool" is a kind of...):
slave (a person who is owned by someone)
Meaning:
Obscene terms for penis
Classified under:
Nouns denoting body parts
Synonyms:
pecker; cock; dick; peter; putz; prick; tool; shaft
Hypernyms ("tool" is a kind of...):
member; penis; phallus (the male organ of copulation ('member' is a euphemism))
Domain usage:
dirty word; filth; obscenity; smut; vulgarism (an offensive or indecent word or phrase)
• TOOL (verb)
Meaning:
Drive
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Context example:
The convertible tooled down the street
Hypernyms (to "tool" is one way to...):
drive (operate or control a vehicle)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
Meaning:
Ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
tool around; joyride; tool
Context example:
We tooled down the street
Hypernyms (to "tool" is one way to...):
ride (be carried or travel on or in a vehicle)
Domain category:
driving (the act of controlling and steering the movement of a vehicle or animal)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Furnish with tools
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "tool" is one way to...):
furnish; provide; render; supply (provide or furnish with)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Work with a tool
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "tool" is one way to...):
process; work; work on (shape, form, or improve a material)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
