📖 Definitions of "Tool"
- 1
A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
"Hand me that tool, would you? I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine."
- 2
Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
"These are the 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, or to perform low-level operations.
"The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools. a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk"
- 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 down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
"Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you."
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