tool

nouninstrument used to shape, form, finish

nounperson who allows himself to be used

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Synonyms for tool

noun instrument used to shape, form, finish

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appliance

noun. machine, usually with domestic purpose

appliances

noun. machine, usually with domestic purpose

carve

verb. cut carefully with sharp instrument

carving

verb. cut carefully with sharp instrument

Word Origin & History

Old English tol "instrument, implement," from Proto-Germanic *tolan (cf. Old Norse tol), from a verb stem represented by Old English tawian "prepare." The ending is the instrumental suffix -l (e.g. shovel). Figurative sense of "person used by another for his own ends" is recorded from 1660s. Slang meaning "penis" first recorded 1550s.

Example Sentences for tool

God can use us as tools, but to be a tool of, is not to be a fellow-worker with.

Perhaps you will not be as ready to admit that a tool is a book.

I have suffered him to treat me like his tool and instrument.

At this point of his reverie Pierre was roused by Thomas, who asked him to fetch a tool.

The man who does not care about his rights, depend upon it, will be made a tool of by those that do.

It was thought that Tecumseh mistook this tool for a gun, and was nervous.

Martine went down into her kitchen and brought back the tool that had been asked.

The tech was finished, he snapped his tool box shut and left.

On the tool chest sat Gubblum Oglethorpe, leisurely smoking.

We shall have him a tool of the Huguenot party before all is done.

tool

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accelerate

accelerates

accelerating

appliance

appliances

auger

carve

carving

cat's-paw

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accelerate