tool: signification et définitions

A device, such as a saw, used to perform or facilitate manual or mechanical work.

A machine, such as a lathe, used to cut and shape machine parts or other objects.

The cutting part of such a machine.

Something regarded as necessary to the carrying out of one's occupation or profession: Words are the tools of our trade.

Something used in the performance of an operation; an instrument: "Modern democracies have the fiscal and monetary tools . . . to end chronic slumps and galloping inflations” ( Paul A. Samuelson).

Vulgar Slang A penis.

A person used to carry out the designs of another; a dupe.

A bookbinder's hand stamp.

A design impressed on a book cover by such a stamp.

Computer Science An application program, often one that creates, manipulates, modifies, or analyzes other programs.

To form, work, or decorate with a tool.

To ornament (a book cover) with a bookbinder's tool.

Slang To drive (a vehicle): tooled the car at 80 miles an hour.

To work with a tool.

Slang To drive or ride in a vehicle: tooled up and down the roads.

tool up To provide an industry or a factory with machinery and tools suitable for a particular job.