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Definition: Tool |
ToolNoun1. An implement used in the practice of a vocation. 2. The means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease". 3. A person who is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else. 4. Obscene terms for penis. Verb1. Informal: drive (a vehicle); "The convertible tooled down the street". 2. Ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it. 3. Furnish with tools. 4. Work with a tool. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tool" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1258. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Computing | Tool 1. n. A program used primarily to create, manipulate, modify, or analyze other programs, such as a compiler or an editor or a cross-referencing program. Oppose app, operating system; see also toolchain. 2. [Unix] An 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. [MIT: general to students there] vi. To work; to study (connotes tedium). The TMRC Dictionary defined this as "to set one's brain to the grindstone". See hack. 4. n. [MIT] A student who studies too much and hacks too little. (MIT's student humor magazine rejoices in the name "Tool and Die".). Source: Jargon File. |
Mechanical Engineering | Any machine used to work workpieces. According to BS, the term "machine tool" does not include portable electric tools. Source: European Union. (references) |
| To transform a workpiece, either by cutting-i. e. by stock removal or shearing-or by plastic deformation, principally with the object of shaping it. Furthermore:to subject a workpiece to physico-chemical action, such as welding or glueing. A workpiece is generally "worked" by exposing it to the action of a tool. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| A simple device, hand-or power-operated. In engineering practice, the term "tool" chiefly comprises tools used to work materials("tool"); in loose usage and in connection with suitable modifiers, it may denote also simple measuring instruments and holding devices(and even "machine tools"). Source: European Union. (references) | |
Slang | Adjective. Source: Perhaps derives form the implication that tools(hardware) are clunky. Definition: Someone who is dorky, ugly, or not physically appealing. Context: Usually said behind someone's back after they are introduced for the first time. Social Source: Alpha Chi Omega. Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) |
| Adjective. Source: Comes from the noun tool. Definition: Hardware used to fix something, such as a hammer. Context: Used when describing someone who have no respect for. Social Source: Bend High School Class of 1999-2000 . Source: Compiled by The University of Oregon. (additional references) | |
Slang in 1811 | TOOL. The instrument of any person or faction, a cat's paw. See CATS PAW. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A tool is a device used to augment a species' natural abilities. The most basic tools are the simple machines.
Although tools were once thought to be used only by humans, it has been observed that chimpanzees and other animals, mostly primates, but also for instance ravens, are able to use them as well.
Norse knife (photo Uwe Kils)
Knives are amongst the oldest tools and have been fabricated since the stone age.
Most tools can also be used as weapons, such as the hammer and knife. Similarly, weapons, such as explosives can be used as tools.
List of tools:
An instrument is a concrete or abstract tool, in particular a refined one.
- Hand tools such as adze, axe, chisel, drill, hammer, machete, plane, saw, screwdriver, shovel, stone tool, straightedge, tire iron, scissors.
- Power tools such as crusher, drill, paper shredder, power grader, wire bonder, wood router.
- Eating utensils such as chopsticks, fork, knife, spoon.
- Writing instruments such as ballpoint pen, brush, fountain pen, pencil, quill, stylus.
- Measuring instruments
- Special use tools: Buggy whip, Ox goad, dildo, vibrator
- Other household implements such as backscratcher, bottle opener, can opener, fan, fly swatter, syringe, toothbrush.
Toy tools are popular. Some are essentially similar to the real thing, and just a cheap and/or small version, for example a shovel and bucket to use on the beach and in the sandbox. Others are less functional, e.g. a dull plastic knife, or not functional at all.
In computing, software programs that assist people doing work on computers are also called tools, such as Computer Aided Software Engineering tool, Lint programming tool, software or web-based collaborative tools, software development tools, programming tools.
Popular Aphorisms
- "Don't blame your tools." --Unknown
- "When all else fails, clean your tools." --Robert Pirsig
- "A poor workman blames his tools" -- Unknown
History
Use of tools started at the beginning of the Stone age.
Other usages
- Tool can also refer to a person who is being manipulated by someone else, in a similar sense as puppet.
- Tool is also a prog rock/metal band from Los Angeles; see Tool (band).
- Tool is also a euphemism for penis
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tool."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
'Tool\' was formed in 1989 by vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Adam Jones, bassist Paul D'Amour, and drummer Danny Carey. They are a contemporary American rock band whose music includes elements of heavy metal and art rock.Indicative of their varied and far-reaching influences (chiefly King Crimson), their music features complex harmonic structures, unconventional time signatures, and borderline New Age subject matter. They may be the only popular musical group to have recorded songs about the mutation of DNA and geometric plane curves. D'Amour left the band in 1995 and was replaced by Justin Chancellor of the UK band Peach in time for Tool's 1995 album Ænima. Tool has long clashed with conventional television and radio due to their dark musical content and dry disposition: their first single from Ænima was at first shortened for radio play by broadcasting companies until overwhelming fan response compelled them to play the track uncut. The music video for that single, "Stinkfist," was consequently renamed because of the title's suggestive nature to "Track #1." Though their Ænima singles received heavy radio play, their 2001 release Lateralus featured songs that averaged six and a half minutes in length, unwieldy for even the most pioneering of commercial radio disc jockeys. Additionally, the length of their most recent music video for the song "Parabola" clocked in at an unheard of ten and a half minutes, almost condemning it from being aired on mainstream music channels. Compounded with their aversion to appearing in their own music videos, these aspects of their collective personality makes the band's popularity especially peculiar.
Year Title Label 1992 Opiate EP Zoo/BMG/Volcano: US 1993 Undertow Zoo/BMG/Volcano: US 1996 Ænima Zoo/Volcano/BMG: US 2000 Salival (CD, VHS & DVD set) Volcano II/Tool Dissectional: US 2001 Lateralus Volcano II/Tool Dissectional: US The band's singles and accompanying videos: including "Sober" from Undertow, "Stinkfist" and "Ænema" from Ænima, and "Schism" and "Parabola" from Lateralus.
Tool's drummer, Danny Carey, who utilizes one of the largest drum sets in modern music - containing approximately 25 different percussive instruments. Guitarist Adam Jones is trained in special effects and movie makeup and directs all of Tool's videos.
In the midst of a legal battle with Tool's record label Volcano, Keenan (with Billy Howerdel) formed A Perfect Circle in 2000. Keenan has stated the band represents his feminine side.
Henry Rollins appears briefy on Undertow, reciting a spoken word piece during the song Bottom.
Vocalist Maynard James Keenan appeared briefly in the Rage Against the Machine song "Know Your Enemy", as well as on The Deftones' album White Pony, in the song "Passenger".
Samples of Bill Hicks' comedy appear in the song "Third Eye", and both "Third Eye" and "Ænima" are based on his philosophy.
Tricky appears, uncredited, in the video for "Parabola".
The String Tribute to Tool: Third Eye Open is a tribute album released in 2001. The tracks are entirely interpreted by string instruments (violins, viola, cello and a double bass) with at least three musicians , the lack of the percussion being sometimes replaced by rapid clinks with the bow, overall the Tool's songs musicality makes this album a very interesting experience.
http://dissectional.com http://toolarmy.com (The official Tool fanclub) An unofficial archive of Tool-related material is at:
- http://toolshed.down.net
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tool (band)."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Tool is a city located in Henderson County, Texas. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 2,275.Geography
Tool is located at 32°16'50" North, 96°10'22" West (32.280459, -96.172678)1. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 9.4 km² (3.6 mi²). 9.3 km² (3.6 mi²) of it is land and 0.1 km² (0.04 mi²) of it is water. The total area is 0.55% water.Demographics
As of the census of 2000, there are 2,275 people, 1,006 households, and 682 families residing in the city. The population density is 243.3/km² (630.6/mi²). There are 1,416 housing units at an average density of 151.4/km² (392.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the city is 95.56% White, 0.40% African American, 0.40% Native American, 0.13% Asian, 0.22% Pacific Islander, 1.19% from other races, and 2.11% from two or more races. 2.33% of the population are Hispanic or Latino of any race. There are 1,006 households out of which 19.7% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.0% are married couples living together, 10.5% have a female householder with no husband present, and 32.2% are non-families. 27.4% of all households are made up of individuals and 14.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.26 and the average family size is 2.73. In the city the population is spread out with 19.3% under the age of 18, 5.3% from 18 to 24, 22.7% from 25 to 44, 28.4% from 45 to 64, and 24.3% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 47 years. For every 100 females there are 97.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 94.2 males. The median income for a household in the city is $32,679, and the median income for a family is $37,396. Males have a median income of $33,534 versus $24,000 for females. The per capita income for the city is $19,507. 15.1% of the population and 10.8% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 26.6% are under the age of 18 and 7.5% are 65 or older.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Tool, Texas."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
TOOL | English | Technology of Object-Orientated Languages and Systems | Computer - (OOP, conference) |
| TOM | English | Tool manager | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: ToolSynonyms: cock (n), creature (n), dick (n), instrument (n), pecker (n), peter (n), prick (n), puppet (n), shaft (n), joyride (v), tool around (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Agent | Workman, artisan; craftsman, handicraftsman; mechanic, operative; working man; laboring man; demiurgus, hewers of wood and drawers of water, laborer, navvy; hand, man, day laborer, journeyman, charwoman, hack; mere tool; beast of burden, drudge, fag; lumper, roustabout. |
Auxiliary | Tool, dupe, stooge, ame damnee; satellite, adherent. |
Direction | Take the helm, be at the helm; have the reins, handle the reins, hold the reins, take the reins; drive, tool. |
Instrument | Instrument, organ, tool, implement, utensil, machine, engine, lathe, gin, mill; air engine, caloric engine, heat engine. |
Hammer; (impulse); edge tool; (cut); borer; vice, teeth; (hold); nail, rope; (join); peg; (hang); support; spoon; (vehicle); arms; oar; (navigation); cardiograph, recapper, snowplow, tenpenny, votograph. | |
Inutility | Caput mortuum, waste paper, dead letter; blunt tool. |
Servant | Serf, vassal, slave, negro, helot; bondsman, bondswoman; bondslave; ame damnee, odalisque, ryot, adscriptus gleboe; villian, villein; beadsman, bedesman; sizar; pensioner, pensionary; client; dependant, dependent; hanger on, satellite; parasite; (servility); led captain; protege, ward, hireling, mercenary, puppet, tool, creature. |
Servility | Sycophant, parasite; toad, toady, toad-eater; tufthunter; snob, flunky, flunkey, yes-man, lapdog, spaniel, lickspittle, smell-feast, Graeculus esuriens, hanger on, cavaliere servente, led captain, carpet knight; timeserver, fortune hunter, Vicar of Bray, Sir-Pertinax, Max Sycophant, pickthank; flatterer; doer of dirty work; ame damnee, tool; reptile; slave; (servant); courtier; beat, dead beat, doughface , heeler, homme de cour, sponger, sucker, tagtail, truckler. |
Sharpness | Wedge; knife edge, cutting edge; blade, edge tool, cutlery, knife, penknife, whittle, razor, razor blade, safety razor, straight razor, electric razor; scalpel; bistoury, lancet; plowshare, coulter, colter; hatchet, ax, pickax, mattock, pick, adze, gill; billhook, cleaver, cutter; scythe, sickle; scissors, shears, pruning shears, cutters, wire cutters, nail clipper, paper cutter; sword; (arms); bodkin; (perforator); belduque, bowie knife, paring knife; bushwhacker; drawing knife, drawing shave; microtome; chisel, screwdriver blade; flint blade; guillotine. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | My auxiliary tool kit, I forgot all about it. It must have fallen out of my pocket (Wild Wild West; writing credit: Jim Thomas; John Thomas) That ain't no tool, that's a brick (Gone in Sixty Seconds; writing credit: Scott Rosenberg) My tool shed (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) A spy in love is a tool that has outlived its usefulness (Mata Hari; writing credit: Benjamin Glazer ; Leo Birinsky) Don't be a fool and wrap you're tool. (Van Wilder; writing credit: Brent Goldberg; David Wagner) | |
Lyrics | Use your heart just like a tool, listen baby (Everybody Plays the Fool; performing artist: Aaron Neville) But the kid's wrapped in jewels, the kid clapped that tool (Can't Deny It; performing artist: Fabolous) I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed (All Star; performing artist: Smash Mouth) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Vibration Analysis as a Maintenance Tool (1971) Demonstrating the Action of the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co.'s Deck Machine (1900) The Tool (2003) Garden Tool (1976) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | DNA microarray technology is a powerful new research tool that allows scientists to assess the level of expression of a large subset of the 100,000 human genes in a cell or tissue. This technology can quickly produce a snapshot of the genes that are active in a tumor cell, critical information in narrowing the precise molecular causes of a cancer. Two different images available. First is of female lab technician sitting at computer that displays a microarray. The second is a man at same setting. Credit: Bill Branson. |  | Pictured in this laboratory setting are scientists looking at a lighted slide of proteins and analyzing it. They are wearing lab coats and studying it intently. Knowing how the genetic code relates to the proteins made by the body is an important tool for scientists in their new technology, as they continue to explore the nature of the cancer cell. Credit: Linda Bartlett (photographer). |
 | A head-up display can be a lifesaving tool in difficult flying environments. Students at the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School are evaluating raster-capable HUDs that show a television-like image underneath basic HUD symbology. (Courtesy photo). |  | Students from the U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School used the NF-16D variable stability in-flight simulator, or VISTA, to test a design tool that could help prevent pilot-induced oscillations in future aircraft. (P.; photo by Tom Reynolds).. |
 | A grass waterway system struggles to establish itself as a tool to prevent soil erosion. Credit: Charlie Rahm. |  | Rockwood (vicinity), Tenn., 1935-40(?)--A Tennessee Valley Authority worker looking over books in a tool box, a part of the libraries brought to the men on projects in remote areas--He is a workman on a reservoir clearance operation. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Vince Lagrotteria looking at Karin Fester, who is modeling a bathing suit, in the cafeteria of the Pratt & Whitney machine tool plant in West Hartford, Conn. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Occupational portrait of an unidentified man, full-length, facing front, with a long handled tool, in front of machinery and a stone wall. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Man holding a tool. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Sharecropper's cabin and sharecropper's tool. Mississippi. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
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| "RJ-45 Crimping tool" by Albert Gouws Commentary: "I had a little too much time on my hands, but here it is , came out pretty nice, unedited." | "The Tool" by Michio Takagi Commentary: "This is one of my tools to make my photos." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Hand tool; handtool; drill; construction; drilling; noise pollution. | | Pneumatic hand tool; handtool; nailgun; construction; construct; build. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. | The church must be reminded that it is not the master or the servant of the state, but rather the conscience of the state. It must be the guide and the critic of the state, and never its tool. |
Mortimer J. Adler | Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life. |
Washington Irving | Temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. |
| A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | The "dangerous class," the social scum, that passively rotting mass thrown off by the lowest layers of old society, may, here and there, be swept into the movement by a proletarian revolution; its conditions of life, however, prepare it far more for the part of a bribed tool of reactionary intrigue. (reference) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | No tool comes amiss to this workman |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | The few chickens had left the yard to hide in the tool shed from the sun. |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Pleasure can be a powerful tool for health. (references) | |
Chiropractors use manipulative therapy as an integral treatment tool. (references) | ||
One tool in the search for causes of disease is the study of risk factors. (references) | ||
Business | Face to face contact is also a very important tool for market access. (references) | |
Chongqing Machine Tool captures 60% of China's gearing machine market. (references) | ||
Operators consider SMS as a marketing tool and have priced it low to drive usage. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Libya | In its place, Qadhafi established the Islamic Call Society (ICS), which is the outlet for state-approved religion, as well as a tool for exporting the revolution abroad. (references) |
Cuba | Independent journalists noted that the law's very existence had some effect on their activities and increased self-censorship, and some noted that it is the Government's most effective tool to harass members of the independent press. (references) | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Municipal and canton authorities have broad discretion regarding disposition of contested property that was nationalized under the Communist government; many use this as a tool of political patronage, rendering religious leaders dependent on politicians to regain lost property. (references) | |
Economic History | Philippines | A local agent is also an effective marketing tool. (references) |
France | Recruitment via the Internet has become an effective tool for French firms. (references) | |
Brazil | Participation in Brazilian trade fairs is another important marketing tool. (references) | |
Human Rights | Hungary | Plea bargaining, which is known as a trial waiver, is a tool available to prosecutors. (references) |
Taiwan | Informed observers note that police emphasize confessions by suspects as the principal investigative tool. (references) | |
Malaysia | Prime Minister Mahathir stated in September that the ISA was a necessary tool in combating the country's own terrorist threat. (references) | |
Indigenous People | Indonesia | Some critics claim that transmigration has been used as a political tool to increase the number of nonindigenous persons in certain areas in part to preclude secessionist movements by indigenous people. (references) |
Political Economy | PHILIPPINES | Open market operations serve as the main policy tool to control money supply. (references) |
VENEZUELA | Therefore, one can expect continued aggressive use of monetary policy as a macroeconomic tool. (references) | |
Trade | Senegal | The GSM-102 is not a flexible financing tool for U.S. exporters. (references) |
Bangladesh | The Customs tariff is the primary tool of Bangladesh's trade policy. (references) | |
Singapore | The exchange rate is the MAS' most important tool for controlling inflation. (references) | |
Travel | Latvia | Some taxis also accept credit cards as a tool of payment. (references) |
Zambia | The Internet is also becoming a popular communications tool. (references) | |
Sweden | Delays in reaching an agreement are less a negotiating tool as in other cultures and more an in-house management activity. (references) | |
Women | Saint Kitts and Nevis | The draft bill was debated during the year and used as a training tool, but had not been passed into law by year's end. (references) |
Iceland | In 2000 Parliament passed legislation that gives the courts the power to issue restraining orders, which has been a useful legal tool in protecting women from abusive husbands and boyfriends. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | ALTAR, n. The place whereupon the priest formerly raveled out the small intestine of the sacrificial victim for purposes of divination and cooked its flesh for the gods. The word is now seldom used, except with reference to the sacrifice of their liberty and peace by a male and a female tool. They stood before the altar and supplied The fire themselves in which their fat was fried. In vain the sacrifice! -- no god will claim An offering burnt with an unholy flame. M.P. Nopput |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
Jimmy Carter | 1977-1981 | This measure provides farmers with an important new program tool for sharing the economic risks that are inherent to agriculture. |
Ronald Reagan | 1981-1989 | As Governor, I found this line-item veto was a powerful tool against wasteful or extravagant spending. |
George W. Bush | 2001-2005 | The dictator of Iraq is a student of Stalin, using murder as a tool of terror and control, within his own cabinet, within his own army, and even within his own family. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Tool" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.86% of the time. "Tool" is used about 2,198 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.86% | 2,195 | 4,000 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.14% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,198 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name | Country | Name |
| Japan | Hitachi Tool Engineering, Ltd. | Sweden | Karolin Machine Tool AB |
| USA | Illinois Tool Works Incorporated | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
1. Tool, TX (city, FIPS 73352) |
Expressions using "tool": air tool ♦ another Tool for Language Recognition ♦ basic shop machine tool ♦ Bead tool ♦ blunt tool ♦ Boring tool ♦ center of a machine tool ♦ ceramic cutting tool ♦ chasing tool ♦ clapper type tool box ♦ computerised route planning tool ♦ computerized route planning tool ♦ cupping tool ♦ cutting tool ♦ Development of a multimedia information transaction and dissemination tool ♦ double planing tool ♦ Edge tool ♦ edged tool ♦ Engine tool ♦ entrenching tool ♦ fishing tool ♦ force acting on a cutting tool ♦ force on the tool ♦ garden tool ♦ gardening tool ♦ general machine tool ♦ general tool ♦ generic Expert System Tool ♦ grafting tool ♦ graving tool ♦ hand tool ♦ handle of a tool ♦ handy tool ♦ i was not a tool in their hands! ♦ intrenching tool ♦ iron tool ♦ knife tool ♦ lathe tool ♦ lawn tool ♦ machine tool ♦ marketing tool ♦ McLeod tool ♦ measuring tool ♦ milling tool ♦ Minnesota Internet Users Essential Tool ♦ parting tool ♦ planishing tool ♦ portable Common Tool Environment ♦ portable Tool Interface ♦ power tool ♦ precision tool ♦ pulaski tool ♦ raising tool ♦ right angle cranked tool ♦ robotic tool ♦ rotating tool ♦ roughened planishing tool ♦ roughing tool ♦ security Administrator's Integrated Network Tool ♦ shaping tool ♦ side tool ♦ software tool ♦ soldering tool ♦ standard machine tool ♦ steel tool ♦ table of a machine tool ♦ taper for machine tool spindles ♦ Tint tool ♦ tire tool ♦ tool along ♦ tool around ♦ tool bag ♦ tool bar ♦ tool box ♦ tool Builder Kit ♦ tool cabinet ♦ tool carbide ♦ tool case ♦ tool centre point ♦ tool changer ♦ tool chest ♦ tool clapper ♦ tool Command Language ♦ tool component ♦ tool down ♦ tool engineering ♦ tool framework ♦ tool handle ♦ tool head ♦ tool holder ♦ tool included angle ♦ tool joints ♦ tool kit ♦ tool operator ♦ Tool Package ♦ tool saddle ♦ tool shed ♦ tool steel ♦ tool up ♦ woodworking tool ♦ work on a machine tool. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "tool": tool-and-die work, tool-bag, tool-belt, tool-box, tool-carriage, tool-carrying, tool-electrode, tool-end, tool-free, tool-hardening, tool-house, tool-kit, tool-like, tool-maker, tool-making, tool-pieces, Tool-post, Tool-rest, tool-roll, tool-room, tool-shed, tool-shop, Tool-stock, tool-to-tool, tool-use, tool-using, tool-worn. | |
Ending with "tool": edge-tool, machine-tool, power-tool, v-tool. | |
Containing "tool": machine-tool plant. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
tool | 13,102 | bike tool | 813 |
garden tool | 5,846 | tool band | 813 |
web tool | 4,206 | stanley tool | 785 |
daemon tool | 3,748 | air tool | 661 |
northern tool | 2,273 | dewalt tool | 646 |
power tool | 2,126 | discount tool | 587 |
harbor freight tool | 1,502 | construction tool | 559 |
pro tool | 1,350 | automotive tool | 544 |
tool box | 1,334 | wholesale tool | 543 |
snap on tool | 1,334 | tool crib | 515 |
truck tool box | 1,282 | machine tool | 498 |
craftsman tool | 1,167 | programming tool | 498 |
wood working tool | 1,149 | gardening tool | 476 |
delta tool | 1,143 | delta power tool | 461 |
hand tool | 1,132 | web master tool | 456 |
tool lyrics | 1,043 | teaching tool | 442 |
milwaukee tool | 1,019 | free web tool | 379 |
diamond tool | 894 | mechanic tool | 370 |
search tool | 882 | kitchen tool | 367 |
mac tool | 823 | web design tool | 357 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "tool"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vegël (applicator, cat's paw, doohickey, dummy, engine, gadget, implement, instrument, Jigger, utensil, utility), mjet (agent, apparatus, device, engine, expedient, implement, instrument, intermedium, mean, means, medium, mode, modus, recipe, route, touch, vehicle, wherewithal), makinë (adder, car, engine, machine, machinery, motor, motor car), hallat (instrument). (various references) | |
Arabic | لعبة (cat's paw, game, merry go round, play, plaything, poppet, servant, toy, vehicle), زين بأداة, طرق (bang, beating, enter, knock, knock repeatedly, knocking, percuss, percussion, pounding, puncture, rap), جهاز (apparatus, appliance, device, equipage, equipment, installation, instrument, set, system), الة, أتقن الصنع, أداة (agent, appliance, device, gadget, implement, particle, utensil). (various references) | |
Basque | erreminta. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | средство (agency, contrivance, device, help, instrumentality, instrumentation, means, medium, pry, recourse, remedy, resort, resource, shift, weapon), струг (lathe), сечиво (edge tool, implement, instrument), работя с инструмент, возя (convey, ride, trundle), оръдие (cannon, creature, gun, implement, instrument, pander, piece), обработвам (arrange, belabor, belabour, cultivate, cure, curry, farm, husband, labor, labour, plough, process, retrieve, till, work, work up), нож (carver, carving knife, dagger, knife, side-arms), маша (cats paw, cat's paw, curling irons, curling tongs, fire-irons, hatchet man, instrument, tongs), пионка (figure, pawn), играчка (child's play, knack, plaything, toy, whim-wham), инструмент (implement, instrument, machine, utensil), дялам (chip, chisel, hack, knap). (various references) | |
Chamorro | eramienta. (various references) | |
Chinese | 工具 (instrument, means, utensil). (various references) | |
Czech | pomùcka (shift), otesat dlátem, obrátit (convert, direct, inverse, reverse, toss, upturn), nástroj (device, implement, instrument, utensil), nářadí (gear, implement, kit, things), náèiní (kit). (various references) | |
Danish | værktøj (means), redskab (agent, means). (various references) | |
Dutch | werktuig (agent, instrument, means), middel (agent, means, remedy, resources, thallium, waist, waistline). (various references) | |
Esperanto | laborilo, ilo (means). (various references) | |
Faeroese | amboð (agent, means, remedy, resources). (various references) | |
Farsi | افزار (Gear, Gin, Implement), الت دست (Stooge), الت (Apparatus, Appliance, Engine, Implement, Instrument, Instrumental, Organ), اسباب (Apparatus, Apparel, Appliance, Appurtenance, Article, Contraption, Contrivance, Doodad, Engine, Gadget, Gear, Implement, Instrument, Layout, Paraphernalia, Rig, Tackle, Thing, Utensil), ابزار (Doodad, Gadget, Implement), دارای ابزارکردن , بصورت ابزاردراوردن . (various references) | |
Finnish | työkalu (instrument). (various references) | |
French | outil, instrument, ciseler. (various references) | |
German | Werkzeug (agent, artifact, implement, instrument, kit, mean, means, tool kit, utensil, utility), Gerät (apparatus, appliance, console, device, equipment, gadget, gadgetry, implement, instrument, piece of equipment, set, tabletop, tackle, unit, utensil), bearbeiten (adapt, arrange, badger, belabor, bludgeon, cultivate, dress, edit, handle, hew, hewed, machine, process, revise, shape, to edit, treat, work, work on). (various references) | |
Greek | εργαλείο (contraption, implement, instrument, jig), κατεργάζομαι (process, work). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כלי (apparatus, article, implement, instrument, kit, organ, thing, vessel, weapon). (various references) | |
Hungarian | szerszám (artifact, implement, instrument, utensil). (various references) | |
Indonesian | perkakas (gadget, utility), alat (appliance, device, instrument, means, organ, stuff, utensil, utility). (various references) | |
Italian | arnese (agent, contraption, gadget, gear, implement, means, thing, utensil), strumento (agent, appliance, implement, instrument, mean, means, medium, utensil), utensile (implement, utensil), macchina utensile (basic shop machine tool, general machine tool, general-purpose machine tool, machine tool, manufacturing machine, power tool, processing machine, productive machine, standard machine tool), attrezzo (implement). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 道具 (implement, means), 道具 (implement, means), 用器 (instrument), 器財 (implement, utensil), ツーバイフォー工法 (double, tooling, tour, touring, tourist, tweed, twin, two piece suit, wood frame construction), 具 (ingredients, means), 工具 (implement). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ツール , きざい (equipment, equipment and materials, implement, machine parts, machinery, tools and materials, utensil), どうぐ (implement, means), こうぐ (farm implements, farm tools, implement, perfumes, school gear, variety of incense), ようき (cheerfulness, container, ghostly, instrument, season, unearthly, vessel, weather, weird), ぐ (foolish, ingredients, means, silly, stupid). (various references) | |
Korean | 공구 (TOOLS). (various references) | |
Malay | perkakas (agent, means), alat (agent, instrument, means). (various references) | |
Manx | yiarn (blade of scythe, dough, flat iron, iron, scythe, tin, tin money, tip), guilley (batman, boy, caddie, follower, henchman, lackey, lad, linkman, nipper, page, satellite, usher, verger, young male servant), greie (engine, gear, implement, instrument, utensil), grainnaghey (carve, carving, chase, engrave, grave, graving, incise, inlay, inscribe, sculpture), bwoid (penis, phallus). (various references) | |
Norwegian | middel (agent, means, remedy, resources). (various references) | |
Occitan | aisina. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ooltay.(various references) | |
Polish | przyrząd (agent, means), narzędzie (agent, means), instrument (agent, means). (various references) | |
Portuguese | ferramenta (agent, appliance, iron, means), instrumento (agent, apparatus, creature, deed, device, diploma, document, gadget, grubber, handle, instrument, means, organ, vehicle). (various references) | |
Romanian | unealtã (cat's paw, creature, dummy, furniture, implement, instrument, minister, pawn, puppet, tackle, thing, utensil), muniţii de rãzboi (munitions of war), marionetã (dummy, marionette, pawn, Pensionary, puppet), jucãrie (bauble, child's play, gewgaw, plaything, sport, toy, trifle), instrument (apparatus, appliance, device, engine, implement, instrument, thing, utensil), echipament (accoutrement, accoutrements, appointment, equipage, equipment, fig, furnishings, furniture, harness, kit, outfit, stock in trade). (various references) | |
Romansch | guaffen. (various references) | |
Russian | станок (frame, machine, machine tool), оснащать средство, орудие (ammunition, breech-loader, cannon, gun, implement, instrument), инструмент (handpiece, implement, instrument, insts). (various references) | |
Scottish | culaidh (apparel, boat, boat; object : culaidh-eagail). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | oružje (arms, hardware, weapon, weaponry), oruđe (cannon, implement, instrument, instrumentality, weapon), instrument (instrument), alatka (implement, utensil). (various references) | |
Spanish | herramienta (agent, horns, implement, means), instrumento (agent, appliance, cat's paw, flute, implement, indenture, instrument, means, wood), utensilio (artifact, tool kit, utensil), medio (agent, average, extent, habitat, half, halfback, lift, line, mean, means, medial, medium, mesial, mid, middle, midst, milieu, recipe, remedy, resources, tack, the middle, way). (various references) | |
Sranan | wrokosani (agent, means). (various references) | |
Swedish | verktyg (agent, creature, engine, implement, instrument, means, pawn, utensil, utils), redskap (appliance, gear, implement, instrument, pawn, tackle, things, utensil), instrument (agent, engine, instrument, instruments, means), bearbeta (adapt, canvass, cultivate, machine, ply, prepare, process, treat, work). (various references) | |
Turkish | araç (agent, appliance, facility, implement, instrument, means, medium, organ, vehicle, vehicular), alet (agent, aid, apparatus, appliance, device, gadgety, implement, instrument, instrumental, Jigger, job, means, organ, vessel). (various references) | |
Turkmen | gural (instrument), esbap (grant, instrument), abzal. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | інструмент (apparatus, instrument, outfit, utensil), різець (chisel, cutter, incisor), ріжучий інструмент, піддавати механічній обробці, діяти (act, affect, functionate, operate, proceed, run, work). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | lợi khí, dụng cụ (device, equipment, gear, implement). (various references) | |
Welsh | offeryn (apparatus, appliance, gear, instrument), celficyn (baggage, furniture, gear), arf (arm, arms, weapon). (various references) | |
Yucatec | nu'kul (agent, means). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | instrumenta. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 3, Verse 17 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Ou to ptuon en th ceiri autou kai diakaqariei thn alwna autou kai sunaxei ton siton eiV thn apoqhkhn autou to de acuron katakausei puri asbestw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Cuius ventilabrum in manu eius et purgabit aream suam et congregabit triticum in horreum suum paleas autem conburet igni inextinguibili |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | And his fann ys on his handa. and he feormað his bernes flore: and gaderað hys hwæte into his berne. þæt ceaf he forbærnð. on unacwencedlicum fyre; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Whos `wynewyng tool in his hond, and he schal purge his floor of corn, and schal gadere the whete in to his berne; but the chaffis he schal brenne with fier vnquenchable. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Which hath his fanne in his hond and will pourge his floore and will gader the corne into his barne: but the chaffe wyll he bourne with fyre that never shalbe quenched. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Whose fan is in his hand, and he will throughly purge his floor, and will gather the wheat into his garner; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Whose fan is in his hand, and he will thoroughly cleanse his floor, and will gather the wheat into his granary; but the chaff he will burn with fire unquenchable. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | In whose hand is the instrument with which he will make clean his grain; he will put the good grain in his store, but the waste will be burned in the fire which will never be put out. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 3, Verse 17 |
| Cebuano | Ang iyang paliran anaa na sa iyang kamot aron sa paghinlo sa iyang giukan ug sa paghipos sa trigo ngadto sa iyang dapa, apan ang mga uhot iyang pagasunogon sa kalayo nga dili arang mapalong." |
| Croatian | U ruci mu vijaèa da proèisti gumno svoje i sabere žito u žitnicu svoju, a pljevu æe spaliti ognjem neugasivim." |
| Danish | Hans Kasteskovl er i hans Hånd, for at han skal gennemrense sin Lo og sanke Hveden i sin Lade, men Avnerne skal han opbrænde med uslukkelig Ild." |
| Dutch | Wiens wan in Zijn hand is, en Hij zal Zijn dorsvloer doorzuiveren, en de tarwe zal Hij in Zijn schuur samenbrengen; maar het kaf zal Hij met onuitblusselijk vuur verbranden. |
| Finnish | Hänellä on viskimensä kädessään, ja hän puhdistaa puimatanterensa ja kokoaa nisut aittaansa, mutta ruumenet hän polttaa sammumattomassa tulessa." |
| French | Il a son van à la main; il nettoiera son aire, et il amassera le blé dans son grenier, mais il brûlera la paille dans un feu qui ne s`éteint point. |
| German | In seiner Hand ist die Wurfschaufel, und er wird seine Tenne fegen und wird den Weizen in seine Scheuer sammeln, und die Spreu wird er mit dem ewigen Feuer verbrennen. |
| Haitian Creole | Laye l' nan men li, l'ap vannen tout grenn ki sou glasi a. La ranmase grenn ki bon yo, la mete yo nan galata li. Men, l'ap boule pay la nan yon dife ki p'ap janm mouri. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Di tangan-Nya ada nyiru untuk menampi semua gandum-Nya sampai bersih. Gandum akan dikumpulkan-Nya di dalam lumbung, tetapi semua sekam akan dibakar-Nya di dalam api yang tidak bisa padam!" |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Nyirunya ada di dalam tangan-Nya; maka Ia akan membersihkan segenap tempat pengirik-Nya, lalu Ia mengumpulkan gandum-Nya masuk ke dalam lumbung, tetapi sekamnya akan habis dibakar-Nya dengan api yang tiada dapat dipadamkan." |
| Italian | Egli ha in mano il ventilabro per ripulire la sua aia e per raccogliere il frumento nel granaio; ma la pula, la brucerà con fuoco inestinguibile». |
| Manx Gaelic | Ta'n cleayst echey ayns e laue, as fasnee eh dy bollagh e laare-vooie, as gowee eh yn churnaght stiagh ayns e hie tashtee; agh yn coau nee eh y lostey lesh aile nagh bee er ny vooghey. |
| Maori | Ko tana mea tahi kei tona ringa, hei tino tahi i tana patunga witi, hei kohi hoki i te witi ki roto ki tana whare witi: ko te papapa ia e tahuna ki te kapura e kore e tineia. |
| Norwegian | han har sin kasteskovl i sin hånd, og han skal rense sin låve og samle hveten i sin lade, men agnene skal han brenne op med uslukkelig ild. |
| Portuguese | A sua pá ele tem na mão para limpar bem a sua eira, e recolher o trigo ao seu celeiro; mas queimará a palha em fogo inextinguível. |
| Rumanian | Acela are lopata kn mknq; Kwi va curqyi aria cu desqvkrwire, wi Kwi va strknge grkul kn grknar, iar pleava o va arde kntr`un foc care nu se stinge.`` |
| Russian | мПРБФБ еЗП Ч ТХЛЕ еЗП, Й пО ПЮЙУФЙФ ЗХНОП уЧПЕ Й УПВЕТЕФ РЫЕОЙГХ Ч ЦЙФОЙГХ уЧПА, Б УПМПНХ УПЦЦЕФ ПЗОЕН ОЕХЗБУЙНЩН. |
| Shuar | Shuar aruusan awajtia Núnisan, nusha yajauch ana nuna ajapa aya pénkernak Júuktatui. Neren ikiustatui tura yajauchinkia ji tuke kajinchatainiam apeattawai" Tímiayi. |
| Spanish | Su aventador está en su mano para limpiar su era y juntar el trigo en su granero, pero quemará la paja en el fuego que nunca se apagará. |
| Swahili | Yeye ni kama mtu anayeshika mikononi mwake chombo cha kupuria nafaka, aipure nafaka yake, akusanye ngano ghalani mwake, na makapi ayachome kwa moto usiozimika." |
| Swedish | Han har sin kastskovel i handen, ty han vill noga rensa sin loge och samla in vetet i sin lada; men agnarna skall han bränna upp i en eld som icke utsläckes." |
| Uma | Hi'a ma'ala rarapai' -ki tauna to mpowiri' pae. Nagaa' pae to mo'ihi ngkai to lopa' -na duu' -na me'itu'. Pae to mo'ihi napuna' hi rala wilulu-na, pai' to lopa' -na nasuwe hi rala apu to jela' ncuu duu' kahae-hae-na." |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tool": toolbox, toolboxes, tooled, tooler, toolers, toolhead, toolheads, toolholder, toolholders, toolhouse, toolhouses, tooling, toolings, toolless, toolmaker, toolmakers, toolmaking, toolmakings, toolroom, toolrooms, tools, toolshed, toolsheds. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "tool": barstool, closestool, faldstool, footstool, retool, stool, toadstool. (additional references) | |
Words containing "tool": barstools, closestools, faldstools, footstools, retooled, retooling, retools, stooled, stoolie, stoolies, stooling, stools, toadstools. (additional references) | |
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"Tool" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: etool, jool, kool, Ktholo, Mtolo, Ntolo, ool, otel, Tapol, tavola, Tekola, telo, Telok, tenol, teol, Tesol, teul, thol, tiol, Titolo, toal, Tobol, toel, tojo, tolm, tolo, Tololo, tolu, toly, Tomov, To'o, toob, tooc, tood, tooe, toof, toog, tooh, toole, Toom, toop, tooy, tooz, topl, torl, Torola, Torold, tosoh, toul, towl, toyl, toyo, trol, trool, tual, tuel, Tufl, tul, tulo, tuoh, twool, vtol. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "tool" (pronounced tuw"l) |
| 3 | t uw" l | stool, retool. |
| 2 | -uw" l | Boule, Buhl, cool, drool, fool, spool, supercool, joule, misrule, mule, pool, preschool, rule, school, uncool, Yule. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: loot. | |
| Words within the letters "l-o-o-t" | |
-1 letter: loo, lot, oot, too. | |
-2 letters: lo, to. | |
| Words containing the letters "l-o-o-t" | |
+1 letter: cloot, loots, lotos, lotto, molto, sotol, stool, tools. | |
+2 letters: blotto, cloots, coolth, coplot, footle, galoot, looted, looter, lotion, lottos, ocelot, oolite, oolith, retool, sotols, stolon, stools, tholoi, tholos, toledo, toluol, tooled, tooler, tootle, volost. | |
+3 letters: axolotl, blowout, booklet, boomlet, bootleg, complot, control, coolant, coolest, coolths, copilot, coplots, cytosol, foldout, folkmot, footled, footler, footles, galloot, galoots, holdout, hooklet, kiloton, latosol, locator, lockout, lookout, loosest, looters, looting, lotions, lotoses, moonlet, moonlit, ocelots, octanol, ologist, oolites, ooliths, oolitic, ortolan, ostiole, otolith, otology, outflow, outfool, outglow, outhowl, outlook, outlove, outplod, outplot, outpoll, outroll, outsold, outsole, outtold, platoon, poloist, polycot, potboil, pothole, retools, rollout, rolltop, rootlet, soliton, soloist, soothly, sootily, stolons, stooled, stoolie, talooka, theolog, timolol, toehold, toledos, toluole, toluols, tombola, tombolo, tomfool, toolbox, toolers, tooling, tootled, tootler, tootles, topsoil, tremolo, trollop, twofold, volosts, witloof, woodlot, woolhat. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Historic 12. Quotations: Fiction | 13. Quotations: Non-fiction 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Names: Company Usage | 17. Cities 18. Expressions 19. Expressions: Internet 20. Translations: Modern | 21. Translations: Ancient 22. Bible Trace 23. Abbreviations 24. Acronyms | 25. Derivations 26. Rhymes 27. Anagrams 28. Bibliography |
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