Tool
noun
A device or thing used to do a particular type of work or activity.
He uses a variety of gardening tools.
Often appears as...
- hand tool
- power tool
noun
A person who is controlled or exploited by others.
He's just a political tool.
Often appears as...
- political tool
- useful tool
verb
To equip or supply someone or something with tools.
The workshop is tooled up for car repairs.
Often appears as...
- tooled up
- tool down
noun
A thing used in an occupation or pursuit.
Computers are an essential tool for graphic designers.
Often appears as...
- software tool
- programming tool
verb
To drive or ride in a casual or leisurely manner.
He tooled around town in his new car.
Often appears as...
- tool around
- tool down the road
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A derogatory term for a person considered unpleasant or stupid.
Don't be such a tool!
Often appears as...
- act like a tool
- be a tool
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
A device or thing used to do a particular type of work or activity.
He uses a variety of gardening tools.
Often appears as...
- hand tool
- power tool
noun
A person who is controlled or exploited by others.
He's just a political tool.
Often appears as...
- political tool
- useful tool
verb
To equip or supply someone or something with tools.
The workshop is tooled up for car repairs.
Often appears as...
- tooled up
- tool down
noun
A thing used in an occupation or pursuit.
Computers are an essential tool for graphic designers.
Often appears as...
- software tool
- programming tool
verb
To drive or ride in a casual or leisurely manner.
He tooled around town in his new car.
Often appears as...
- tool around
- tool down the road
Usage tips
Informal
Colloquial
noun
A derogatory term for a person considered unpleasant or stupid.
Don't be such a tool!
Often appears as...
- act like a tool
- be a tool
Usage tips
Informal, Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 6
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Object
The word 'tool' often refers to a physical item that helps perform a task.
She used a hammer, an important tool for building.
Pro Tip 2/2Specific Purpose
Tools are usually designed for a specific purpose, like cutting or holding.
Carpenters have tools for cutting wood precisely.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Object
The word 'tool' often refers to a physical item that helps perform a task.
She used a hammer, an important tool for building.
Pro Tip 2/2Specific Purpose
Tools are usually designed for a specific purpose, like cutting or holding.
Carpenters have tools for cutting wood precisely.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Object
The word 'tool' often refers to a physical item that helps perform a task.
She used a hammer, an important tool for building.
Pro Tip 2/2Specific Purpose
Tools are usually designed for a specific purpose, like cutting or holding.
Carpenters have tools for cutting wood precisely.
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How to control someone...
that it's really only done at major universities and large institutions. And so in order to be able to access the brain, you really need to dedicate your life and spend six and a half years as a graduate student just to become a neuroscientist to get access to these tools. And that's a shame because one out of five of us,
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The language of lying —...
from medieval torture devices to polygraphs, blood-pressure and breathing monitors, voice-stress analyzers, eye trackers, infrared brain scanners, and even the 400-pound electroencephalogram. But although such tools have worked under certain circumstances, most can be fooled with enough preparation,
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Why are some people...
Just as young potential golfers can more easily find a set of right-handed clubs, many of the important instruments that have shaped society were designed for the right-handed majority. Because lefties are worse at using these tools, and suffer from higher accident rates,
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Bill Gates: The next...
There was no one there to look at treatment approaches. No one to look at the diagnostics. No one to figure out what tools should be used. As an example, we could have taken the blood of survivors, processed it, and put that plasma back in people to protect them.
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Are Crows the Ultimate...
Imagine that you're a crow. Here's your food in a deep hole. How would you go about, with the tools available to you on this table, solving this problem? The bird's tool kit includes a short stick hanging on a piece of string,
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Attenborough: Amazing...
The skill with which she picks things up. The way that she can grasp a tool like that. How she uses her brain to imitate what she's seen others doing. But the most important thing we share is our big brain.
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5 tips to improve your...
Critical thinking can give us the tools to sift through a sea of information and find what we're looking for. And if enough of us use it, it has the power to make the world a more reasonable place.
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How to deal with...
that had to be written to say what needed to be said to validate my reality even if it was disavowed which it was it was testimony ironically it was my mother who passed on to me the tools
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The myth of Icarus and...
He invented carpentry and all the tools used for it. He designed the first bathhouse and the first dance floor. He made sculptures so lifelike that Hercules mistook them for actual men.
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Ndoki Rain Forest PIPE...
until now while gorillas were not considered tool users some in captivity have used sticks to eke out a tasty treat but this behavior was never observed in the wild and there was more
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How to control someone...
that it's really only done at major universities and large institutions. And so in order to be able to access the brain, you really need to dedicate your life and spend six and a half years as a graduate student just to become a neuroscientist to get access to these tools. And that's a shame because one out of five of us,
Video examples
The language of lying —...
from medieval torture devices to polygraphs, blood-pressure and breathing monitors, voice-stress analyzers, eye trackers, infrared brain scanners, and even the 400-pound electroencephalogram. But although such tools have worked under certain circumstances, most can be fooled with enough preparation,
Video examples
Why are some people...
Just as young potential golfers can more easily find a set of right-handed clubs, many of the important instruments that have shaped society were designed for the right-handed majority. Because lefties are worse at using these tools, and suffer from higher accident rates,
Video examples
Bill Gates: The next...
There was no one there to look at treatment approaches. No one to look at the diagnostics. No one to figure out what tools should be used. As an example, we could have taken the blood of survivors, processed it, and put that plasma back in people to protect them.
Video examples
Are Crows the Ultimate...
Imagine that you're a crow. Here's your food in a deep hole. How would you go about, with the tools available to you on this table, solving this problem? The bird's tool kit includes a short stick hanging on a piece of string,
Video examples
Attenborough: Amazing...
The skill with which she picks things up. The way that she can grasp a tool like that. How she uses her brain to imitate what she's seen others doing. But the most important thing we share is our big brain.
Video examples
5 tips to improve your...
Critical thinking can give us the tools to sift through a sea of information and find what we're looking for. And if enough of us use it, it has the power to make the world a more reasonable place.
Video examples
How to deal with...
that had to be written to say what needed to be said to validate my reality even if it was disavowed which it was it was testimony ironically it was my mother who passed on to me the tools
Video examples
The myth of Icarus and...
He invented carpentry and all the tools used for it. He designed the first bathhouse and the first dance floor. He made sculptures so lifelike that Hercules mistook them for actual men.
Video examples
Ndoki Rain Forest PIPE...
until now while gorillas were not considered tool users some in captivity have used sticks to eke out a tasty treat but this behavior was never observed in the wild and there was more
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Colin Powell
American Statesman
My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
American President
I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.
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Bad Bunny
Puerto Rican Singer
You learn a lot in life but there are a lot of tools and resources in school that help you grow professionally and personally for whatever goal you may want to achieve.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
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LeBron James
American Basketball Player
I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
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Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.
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Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish Scientist
I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
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Lana Turner
American Actress
The most important tool of my trade was a mirror.
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Colin Powell
American Statesman
My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise.
Quote examples
Lyndon B. Johnson
American President
I am concerned about the whole man. I am concerned about what the people, using their government as an instrument and a tool, can do toward building the whole man, which will mean a better society and a better world.
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Bad Bunny
Puerto Rican Singer
You learn a lot in life but there are a lot of tools and resources in school that help you grow professionally and personally for whatever goal you may want to achieve.
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Bill Gates
American Businessman
Technology is just a tool. In terms of getting the kids working together and motivating them, the teacher is the most important.
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LeBron James
American Basketball Player
I'm going to use all my tools, my God-given ability, and make the best life I can with it.
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Robert Kennedy
American Politician
Tragedy is a tool for the living to gain wisdom, not a guide by which to live.
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Nancy Gibbs
American Journalist
Power is a tool, influence is a skill; one is a fist, the other a fingertip.
Quote examples
Bjarne Stroustrup
Danish Scientist
I would encourage nonproprietary standards for tools and libraries.
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Joseph Addison
English Writer
Reading is a basic tool in the living of a good life.
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Lana Turner
American Actress
The most important tool of my trade was a mirror.
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