What is the meaning of tool?

noun

  • An implement used in the practice of a vocation.
  • The means whereby some act is accomplished.
    • usage: "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"
  • A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else.
  • Obscene terms for penis.

verb

  • Drive.
    • usage: "The convertible tooled down the street"
  • Ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it.
    • usage: "We tooled down the street"
  • Furnish with tools.
  • Work with a tool. .
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