English noun: tool | |||
1. | tool (artifact) an implement used in the practice of a vocation | ||
Broader (hypernym) | implement | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abradant, abrader, bender, clincher, comb, cutting implement, drill, eolith, fork, gang, garden tool, grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron, hack, hand tool, hoe, jack, Jaws of Life, lawn tool, muller, neolith, paleolith, pestle, plough, plow, pounder, power tool, punch, puncher, rake, ram, rounder, saw set, shaping tool, strickle, style, stylus, swage, tamp, tamper, tamping bar, tap, upset | ||
2. | tool (act) the means whereby some act is accomplished | ||
Samples | My greed was the instrument of my destruction. Science has given us new tools to fight disease. | ||
Synonyms | instrument | ||
Broader (hypernym) | agency, means, way | ||
3. | tool (person) a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else | ||
Synonyms | creature, puppet | ||
Broader (hypernym) | slave | ||
4. | tool (body) obscene terms for penis | ||
Synonyms | cock, dick, pecker, peter, prick, putz, shaft | ||
Broader (hypernym) | member, penis, phallus | ||
Domain usage | dirty word, filth, obscenity, smut, vulgarism | ||
English verb: tool | |||
1. | tool (motion) drive | ||
Samples | The convertible tooled down the street. | ||
Pattern of use | Something ----s. Something is ----ing PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | drive | ||
Verb group | joyride, tool, tool around | ||
2. | tool (motion) ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it | ||
Samples | We tooled down the street. | ||
Synonyms | joyride, tool around | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ride | ||
Verb group | tool | ||
Domain category | driving | ||
3. | tool (possession) furnish with tools | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | furnish, provide, render, supply | ||
4. | tool (creation) work with a tool | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
Broader (hypernym) | process, work, work on | ||