n. | 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; |
2. | A machine for cutting or shaping materials; - also called | |
3. | Hence, any instrument of use or service. | |
4. | A weapon. | |
5. | A person used as an instrument by another person; - a word of reproach; | |
v. t. | 1. | To shape, form, or finish with a tool. |
2. | To drive, as a coach. | |
v. i. | 1. | To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive. |
Noun | 1. | tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation |
2. | tool - the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease" Synonyms: instrument | |
3. | tool - a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | |
4. | tool - obscene terms for penis | |
Verb | 1. | tool - drive; "The convertible tooled down the street" |
2. | tool - ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street" Synonyms: joyride, tool around | |
3. | tool - furnish with tools | |
4. | tool - work with a tool |
1. | (tool) | tool - A program used primarily to create, manipulate, modify, or analyse other programs, such as a compiler or an editor or a cross-referencing program. Opposite: app, operating system. | |
2. | tool - A Unix application program with a simple, "transparent" (typically text-stream) interface designed specifically to be used in programmed combination with other tools (see filter, plumbing). | ||
3. | (jargon) | tool - (MIT: general to students there) To work; to study (connotes tedium). The TMRC Dictionary defined this as "to set one's brain to the grindstone". See hack. | |
4. | (jargon, person) | tool - (MIT) A student who studies too much and hacks too little. MIT's student humour magazine rejoices in the name "Tool and Die". |