tool

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
2. Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.
3. Anything that aids someone 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.
5. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.
6. A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.).
7. (informal, vulgar) A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
8. (broadly, derogatory, slang, vulgar) An obnoxious or uptight person.
9. (Canada, Multicultural-London-English, US, slang) A handgun.

Verb

1. (transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
2. (transitive) To equip with tools.
3. (intransitive) To work very hard.
4. (slang, transitive) To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
5. (transitive) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
6. (UK, dated, slang, transitive) To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
7. (UK, dated, slang, transitive) To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
8. (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.

Conceptes

eina

instrument musical

instrument

equipar

estri

equipament

refusar

titola

dispositiu

utensili

ferramenta

joguet

utillatge

glavi

espadachí

espadachina

arma

mitjà de comunicació

cisellar

donar forma

espasa

instrument de música

pixa

polla

Sinònims

instrument

implement

utensil

equipment

device

means

appliance

dolt

moron

stupid

gadget

fool

idiot

apparatus

medium

machine

dick

prick

cock

pecker

chase

peter

puppet

tool around

agent

musical instrument

shaft

gear

⚙️

joyride

putz

dismiss

disavow

disapprove

disallow

chase away

disagree

piece of equipment

aid

decline

penis

phallus

arm

equipage

creature

motor

expel

engine

emboss

method

condemn

Traduccions

outil

Werkzeug

herramienta

ferramenta

strumento

Gerät

instrument

instrumento

gereedschap

werktuig

arnese

instrument

εργαλείο

instrumento

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/tuːl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: tool

Heretat de anglès antic: tōl

Cognat amb escocès: tuil

Cognat amb islandès: tól

Cognat amb feroès: tól

Cognat amb anglès antic: tāwian

In summary

From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English tōl (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), perhaps borrowed from Old Norse tól, but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tōlą (“that which is used in preparation, tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”), equivalent to taw (“to prepare”) + -le (agent suffix). Cognate with Scots tuil (“tool, implement, instrument, device”), Icelandic tól (“tool”), Faroese tól (“tool, instrument”). Related to Old English tāwian (“to make, prepare, or cultivate”); see taw, and tow ("fibres used for spinning").

Frases

Use the tool that's needed for the job .

It also drives tool designers to innovate to reduce vibration .