tool
1. an implement used in the practice of a vocation (Freq. 15)
• Hypernyms:
implement
• Hyponyms:
abrader, abradant, bender, clincher, comb,
cutting implement, drill, eolith, fork, gang, garden tool,
lawn tool, grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron,
hack, hand tool, hoe, jack, Jaws of Life, neolith,
paleolith, pestle, muller, pounder, plow, plough,
power tool, punch, puncher, rake, ram, rounder,
saw set, shaping tool, strickle, stylus, style, tamp,
tamper, tamping bar, tap, upset, swage
2. the means whereby some act is accomplished (Freq. 5)
- my greed was the instrument of my destruction
- science has given us new tools to fight disease
• Syn:
instrument
• Derivationally related forms:
instrumental (for: instrument), instrument (for: instrument)
• Hypernyms:
means, agency, way
3. a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
• Syn:
creature, puppet
• Hypernyms:
slave
4. obscene terms for penis
• Syn:
cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker,
peter, putz
• Usage Domain:
obscenity, smut, vulgarism, filth, dirty word
• Hypernyms:
penis, phallus, member
1. drive (Freq. 1)
- The convertible tooled down the street
• Hypernyms:
drive
• Verb Group:
joyride, tool around
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Something is ----ing PP
2. ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it (Freq. 1)
- We tooled down the street
• Syn:
joyride, tool around
• Derivationally related forms:
joyride (for: joyride)
• Topics:
driving
• Hypernyms:
ride
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
3. furnish with tools
• Hypernyms:
supply, provide, render, furnish
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
4. work with a tool
• Hypernyms:
work, work on, process
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
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