Tool | Mean of tool in English Dictionary

/ˈtuːl/

• Noun
• something (such as a hammer, saw, shovel, etc.) that you hold in your hand and use for a particular task
1. carpentry/garden tools
2. power tools [=tools that use electricity]
3. I don't have the right tools to fix the engine.
• something that is used to do a job or activity
1. Words are a writer's tools.
• something that helps to get or achieve something
1. Words are tools for communication.
2. A book's cover can be a great marketing tool.
3. The Internet has become an important research tool.
4. He has the tools [=natural skills] to be a great pitcher.

• someone or something that is used or controlled by another person or group
1. a politician who is just a tool of special interests
2. He claims the government has become a tool of giant corporations.
• a foolish person who can easily be used or tricked by others
1. He's such a tool.
• a man's penis
• Verb
• to drive or ride in a vehicle
1. We tooled along/up/down the highway.
2. I tooled around (town) all day.
• to shape, form, or finish (something) with a tool
1. He tooled a design on the leather belt.
2. a belt made of tooled leather
• to provide (a factory) with machines and tools for producing something
1. The factory was not tooled up for this type of production.