tool

1. Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.

   Several prehistoric tools, including a stone ax, were found during the dig.

   A screwdriver is a tool that no household should be without.

2. Any physical device meant to ease or do a task.

   Any piece of equipment used in a profession, such as a craftsman's.

   the tools of the trade

   Rakes, shovels, hoes, and spades are some of the tools of the gardener's trade.

   Instrument, Werkzeug, Handwerkszeug

   инструме́нтinstrumént, сре́дствоsrédstvo, инструме́нтinstrumént

   інструме́нтinstrumént, начи́нняnačýnnja, знаря́ддяznarjáddja

3. Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.

   Idleness is a tool of the devil.

   A spreadsheet app and a bookkeeping app are some of the principal tools of a bookkeeper.

4. A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.

   The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.

   a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk

5. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.

   She was a tool of the pharmaceutical lobby.

   He was a tool of a foreign influence operation.

   Werkzeug, Instrument

   пе́шкаpéška, марионе́ткаmarionétka, шестёркаšestjórka

   a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

6. A particular skill pertaining to baseball (such as hitting, running, etc.).

   a five-tool player

7. (informal, vulgar)A penis, notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.

   Gerät, Teil

   прибо́рpribór, аппара́тapparát

8. (broadly, derogatory, slang, vulgar)An obnoxious or uptight person.

   He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool.

9. (Canada, Multicultural London English, US, slang)A handgun.

1. I hope no one takes my tools.

   Сподіваюся, ніхто не братиме мої інструменти.

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2. Tom said he needed a special tool to do that.

   Том сказав, що йому потрібний спеціальний інструмент, щоб це зробити.

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3. I'll need some tools.

   Мені будуть потрібні певні інструменти.

   ruМне понадобятся некоторые инструменты.

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4. No tools are necessary.

   Інструменти непотрібні.

   ruИнструментов не требуется.

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5. A bad workman always blames his tools.

   Поганий працівник завжди винуватить свої знаряддя.

   ruПлохому танцору и ноги мешают.

   deEin schlechter Arbeiter gibt immer seinem Werkzeug die Schuld.

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