tool
To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leatherTo work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
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» I hope no one takes my tools.
Сподіваюся, ніхто не братиме мої інструменти. — deniko
CK · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
8 senses(transitive)To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
bearbeiten
обраба́тыватьobrabátyvatʹ, обрабо́татьobrabótatʹ
(transitive)To equip with tools.
ausstatten
экипирова́тьekipirovátʹ, оснаща́тьosnaščátʹ, оснасти́тьosnastítʹ
furnish with tools
(intransitive)To work very hard.
work with a tool
(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.
Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.
(transitive)To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
(UK, dated, slang, transitive)To drive (a coach or other vehicle).
drive
(UK, dated, slang, transitive)To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle.
(intransitive, slang)To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
March 8, 1890, Byron P. Stephenson, "My Trip to Brazil", in Illustrated American boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads
kurven
Examples
556 sentencesI hope no one takes my tools.
Сподіваюся, ніхто не братиме мої інструменти. — deniko
Tom said he needed a special tool to do that.
Том сказав, що йому потрібний спеціальний інструмент, щоб це зробити. — deniko
I'll need some tools.
Мені будуть потрібні певні інструменти. — deniko
ruМне понадобятся некоторые инструменты. — odexed
No tools are necessary.
Інструменти непотрібні. — deniko
ruИнструментов не требуется. — marafon
A bad workman always blames his tools.
Поганий працівник завжди винуватить свої знаряддя. — ChickenKiev
ruПлохому танцору и ноги мешают. — marafon
deEin schlechter Arbeiter gibt immer seinem Werkzeug die Schuld. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
Origin
From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English tōl (“tool, implement, instrument”, literaFrom 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").
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Forms
tools, tooling, tooled, tooledPhrasal verbs
2 phrasal verbsSynonyms
3 synonyms- ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it:joyridetool around
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
Collocations
12 patterns- a special tool
- the right tools
- special tool to
- special tool
- use this tool
- all the tools
- some tools
- right tools
- tool box
- these tools are
- tool to do
- use tools
See also
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