tool

American Heritage Dictionary:

tool

(tūl)

A device, such as a saw, used to perform or facilitate manual or mechanical work.
1. A machine, such as a lathe, used to cut and shape machine parts or other objects.
2. The cutting part of such a machine.
Something regarded as necessary to the carrying out of one's occupation or profession: Words are the tools of our trade.
Something used in the performance of an operation; an instrument: "Modern democracies have the fiscal and monetary tools . . . to end chronic slumps and galloping inflations" (Paul A. Samuelson).
Vulgar Slang. A penis.
A person used to carry out the designs of another; a dupe.
1. A bookbinder's hand stamp.
2. A design impressed on a book cover by such a stamp.
Computer Science. An application program, often one that creates, manipulates, modifies, or analyzes other programs.

v., tooled, tool·ing, tools.

v.tr.

To form, work, or decorate with a tool.
To ornament (a book cover) with a bookbinder's tool.
Slang. To drive (a vehicle): tooled the car at 80 miles an hour.

v.intr.

To work with a tool.
Slang. To drive or ride in a vehicle: tooled up and down the roads.

phrasal verb:

tool up

To provide an industry or a factory with machinery and tools suitable for a particular job.

[Middle English, from Old English tōl, possibly from Old Norse.]

SYNONYMS tool, instrument, implement, utensil, appliance. These nouns refer to devices used in the performance of work. Tool applies broadly to a device that facilitates work; specifically it denotes a small manually operated device: a box full of tools for bike repair. Instrument refers especially to a relatively small precision tool used by trained professionals: sterilized the scalpel and the other instruments. Implement is the preferred term for tools used in agriculture and certain building trades: rakes, hoes, and other implements. Utensil often refers to an implement used in a household, especially in the kitchen: cooking utensils hung by the stove. Appliance most frequently denotes a power-driven device that performs a specific function: a store selling toasters and other appliances.

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Device for making material changes on other objects, as by cutting, shearing, striking, rubbing, grinding, squeezing, measuring, or other process. A hand tool is a small manual instrument traditionally operated by the muscular strength of the user; a machine tool is a power-driven mechanism used to cut, shape, or form materials such as wood and metal. Tools are the main means by which human beings control and manipulate their physical environment.

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noun

A device used to do work or perform a task: implement, instrument, utensil. See machine, means.
A person used or controlled by others: cat's-paw, dupe, instrument, pawn², puppet, stooge. See over/under.

verb

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The Jargon File's Guide to Hacker Slang:

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1. n.A program used primarily to create, manipulate, modify, or analyze other programs, such as a compiler or an editor or a cross-referencing program. Oppose app, operating system; see also toolchain.

2. [Unix] An application program with a simple, ‘transparent’ (typically text-stream) interface designed specifically to be used in programmed combination with other tools (see filter, plumbing).

3. [MIT: general to students there] vi. To work; to study (connotes tedium). The TMRC Dictionary defined this as “to set one's brain to the grindstone”. See hack.

4. n. [MIT] A student who studies too much and hacks too little. (MIT's student humor magazine rejoices in the name Tool and Die.)

McGraw-Hill Boating Encyclopedia:

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Creating a special tool kit for use in emergencies at sea
Boaters are resourceful people and will find a way to make repairs in an emergency at sea, given enough time. But the proper tools make things much easier. Here is a basic list of emergency hand tools for offshore cruisers. You should add to it any specialized tools your engine or rigging might require, as well as basic sail-repair equipment—including a sturdy pair of scissors and a knife.ax, small
bolt cutters, large
brace, with bits to 1 inch
C-clamps, several
drill, hand, ⅜-inch, and bits
duct tape
electrician’s tape
files, triangular, flat, and round
hammer, ballpeen
metal snips
plane, small
pliers, needle-nose, regular, and
Vise-Grips
rasp, shoemaker’s (flat and half
-round; coarse and medium)
saws, regular crosscut and hack-
saw with standard and carbide
blades
screwdrivers, both flathead and
Phillips head
seizing wire, stainless steel
wire clamps
wood chisels,½ and 1 inch
wrenches, open-ended, plumber’s,
and socket wrenchesTo keep corrosion under control in humid salt air, inspect your tools weekly and spray them lightly with a mixture of kerosene and lubricating oil.

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IN BRIEF: A thing made to help people do work.

He had every tool needed to build a table.

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Quotes:

"A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind." - Henry Ward Beecher

"Don't force it... get a bigger hammer." - Arthur Bloch

"Man is a tool-using animal. Without tools he is nothing, with tools he is all." - Thomas Carlyle

"There is a great satisfaction in building good tools for other people to use." - Freeman Dyson

"A worker may be the hammer's master, but the hammer still prevails. A tool knows exactly how it is meant to be handled, while the user of the tool can only have an approximate idea." - Milan Kundera

"But lo! men have become the tools of their tools." - Henry David Thoreau

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The Dream Encyclopedia:

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Beyond the phallic connotations, tools in a dream can represent our practical abilities. Different specific tools represent different things, such as "hammering" someone or throwing a "monkey wrench" into something. Also might be alluding to the meaning of certain idioms, such as "tools of the trade." If one works regularly with tools, then tools in a dream could just be a reflection of daily life.

Oxford Dictionary of Modern Slang:

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noun
noun, criminals'

1: The penis. (1553 —) .
L. Cohen You uncovered his nakedness!—You peeked at his tool! (1966).

2: A weapon. (1938 —) .
J. Mandelkau We grabbed our tools and by then the Mods were at the bottom of the street (1971). verb intr.

3: To go or drive, esp. in a casual or leisurely manner. (1862 —) .
E. Waugh Tool off to Headquarters and get the gen about tonight's do (1955);
D. Anthony I tooled down the Coast Highway to Sunset (1977).

4: To play around; to behave aimlessly or irresponsibly. (1932 —) .
A. Hall We were tooling around in Malta on a friendly visit (1973).

5: to tool up to arm oneself. (1959 —) .
J. Mandelkau We tooled up with pieces of wood and iron bars and hiked over towards their main camp (1971). Hence tooled up, adjective Armed. (1959 —) .
J. Barnett Smith brandished the shotgun...to let the minder know he was tooled up (1982).

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For a list of words related to tool, see:

Machinery and Mechanical Devices - tool: instrument, esp. handheld, that works, shapes, cuts, or joins
Fabrication and Manufacturing Processes - tool: (vb) work or shape with instruments or tools
Common Tools and Tool Types - tool: any implement, instrument, or device held in hand or driven by machine power and used to facilitate some physical or mechanical task
Driving and Repair - tool: (vb) drive, esp. down highway
Mood and Intent - tool: cruise or drive along
Behavior or Personality
Anatomy and Physiology of Sex - tool: Vulgar slang. penis
Fraud, Treachery, and Deception - tool: one used by another; cat’s-paw; dupe

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For the American rock band, see Tool (band). For other uses, see Tool (disambiguation).

Further information: Equipment (disambiguation)

A modern toolbox.

A tool is a device that can be used to produce an item or achieve a task, but that is not consumed in the process. Informally the word is also used to describe a procedure or process with a specific purpose. Tools that are used in particular fields or activities may have different designations such as Instrument, Utensil, Implement, Machine, or Apparatus.

Contents

1 History
2 Functions
3 Use by animals
4 See also
5 References

History

Main article: History of technology

Prehistoric tools over 10,000 years old, found in Les Combarelles cave, France

Carpentry tools recovered from the wreck of a 16th century sailing ship, the Mary Rose.

Anthropologists believe that the use of tools was an important step in the evolution of mankind.^[1] Humans evolved an opposable thumb — useful in holding tools — and increased dramatically in intelligence, which aided in the use of tools.^[2] Because tools are used extensively by both humans and wild chimpanzees, it is widely assumed that the first routine use of tools took place prior to the divergence between the two species.^[3] These early tools, however, were likely made of perishable materials such as sticks, or consisted of unmodified stones that cannot be distinguished from other stones as tools. The beginning of the Stone Age marks the era when hominins first began manufacturing stone tools, and evidence of these tools dates back at least 2.6 million years in Ethiopia.^[4] One of the earliest distinguishable stone tool forms is the hand axe.

Tools are the most important items that the ancient humans used to climb to the top of the food chain; by inventing tools, they were able to accomplish tasks that human bodies could not, such as using a spear or bow and arrow to kill prey, since their teeth were not sharp enough to pierce many animals' skins.

The transition from stone to metal tools roughly coincided with the development of agriculture around the 4th millennium BC. Mechanical devices experienced a major expansion in their use in the Middle Ages with the systematic employment of new energy sources: water (waterwheels) and wind (windmills).

Machine tools occasioned a surge in producing new tools in the industrial revolution. Advocates of nanotechnology expect a similar surge as tools become microscopic in size.^[5]^[6]

Functions

Stone and metal knives

One can classify tools according to their basic functions:

Cutting tools, such as the knife, scythe or sickle, are wedge-shaped implements that produce a shearing force along a narrow face. Ideally, the edge of the tool needs to be harder than the material being cut or else the blade will become dulled with repeated use. But even resilient tools will require periodic sharpening, which is the process of removing deformation wear from the edge. Other examples of cutting tools include gouges and drill bits.
Moving tools move huge and tiny things. For example, concentrating-force tools: the hammer moves a nail, the maul moves a stake, or a whip moves flesh on a horse. These operate by applying physical compression to a surface. In the case of the screwdriver, the force is rotational and called torque. Writing implements deliver a fluid to a surface via compression to activate the ink cartridge. Also grabbing and twisting nuts and bolts with pliers, a glove, a wrench, etc. All these tools move items by some kind of force. Also trucks, rockets and airplanes move larger items and particle accelerators move very small items.
Tools that enact chemical changes, including temperature and ignition, such as lighters and blowtorches.
Guiding, measuring and perception tools include the ruler, glasses, set square, sensors, straightedge, theodolite, microscope, monitor, clock, phone, printer
Shaping tools, such as moulds, jigs, trowels.
Fastening tools, such as welders, rivet guns, nail guns, or glue guns.
Information and data manipulation tools, such as computers, middleware, IDE, spreadsheets

Some tools may be combinations of other tools. An alarm-clock is for example a combination of a measuring tool (the clock) and a perception tool (the alarm). This enables the alarm-clock to be a tool that falls outside of all the categories mentioned above.

There is some debate on whether to consider protective gear items as tools, because they do not directly help perform work, just protect the worker like ordinary clothing. They do meet the general definition of tools and in many cases are necessary for the completion of the work.Personal protective equipment includes such items as gloves, safety glasses, ear defenders and biohazard suits.

Tool substitution

Often, by design or coincidence, a tool may share key functional attributes with one or more other tools. In this case, some tools can substitute for other tools, either as a make-shift solution or as a matter of practical efficiency. "One tool does it all" is a motto of some importance for workers who cannot practically carry every specialized tool to the location of every work task; such as a carpenter who does not necessarily work in a shop all day and needs to do jobs in a customers house. Tool substitution may be divided broadly into two classes: substitution "by-design", or "multi-purpose" use, and substitution as make-shift. Substitution "by-design" would be tools that are designed specifically to accomplish multiple tasks using only that one tool. Substitution as make-shift is when human ingenuity comes into play and a tool is used for its unintended purpose such as a mechanic using a long screw driver to separate a cars control arm from a ball joint instead of using a tuning fork. In many cases, the designed secondary functions of tools are not widely known. As an example of the former, many wood-cutting hand saws integrate a carpenter's square by incorporating a specially shaped handle that allows 90° and 45° angles to be marked by aligning the appropriate part of the handle with an edge and scribing along the back edge of the saw. The latter is illustrated by the saying "All tools can be used as hammers." Nearly all tools can be used to function as a hammer, even though very few tools are intentionally designed for it and even fewer work as well as the original.

Tools are also often used to substitute for many mechanical apparatuses, especially in older mechanical devices. In many cases a cheap tool could be used to occupy the place of a missing mechanical part. A window roller in a car could easily be replaced with a pair of vice grips or regular pliers. A transmission shifter or ignition switch would be able to be replaced with a screw-driver. Again, these would be considered tools that are being used for their unintended purposes, substitution as make-shift. Tools such as a Dremel would be considered the substitution "by-design", or "multi-purpose". This class of tools allows the use of one tool that has at least two different capabilities. "Multi-purpose" tools are basically multiple tools in one device/tool. Tools such as this are often power tools that come with many different attachments like a Dremel does, so you could say that a power drill is a "multi-purpose" tool because you can do more than just one thing with a power drill.

Multi-use tools

A Victorinox Swiss Army knife with knife chain and belt clip - a popular multi-tool.

A Multi-tool is a hand tool that incorporates several tools into a single, portable device; the Swiss army knife represents one of the earliest examples. Other tools have a primary purpose but also incorporate other functionality - for example, lineman's pliers incorporate a gripper and cutter, and are often used as a hammer; and some hand saws incorporate a carpenter's square in the right-angle between the blade's dull edge and the saw's handle. This would also be the category in which the "multi-purpose" tools since they are also multiple tools in one (multi-use and multi-purpose can be used interchangeably). These types of tools were specifically made to catch the eye of many different craftsman who traveled to do their work. To these workers these types of tools were revolutionary because they were one tool or one device that could do several different things. With this knew revolution of tools the traveling craftsman would not have to carry so many tools with them to job sites, being that their space would be limited to the vehicle they were driving. The problem of having to deal with so many different tools was solved with the overtaking of multi-use tools.

Tool metaphors

A telephone is a communication tool that interfaces between two people engaged in conversation at one level. And between each user and the communication network at another. It is in the domain of media and communications technology that a counter-intuitive aspect of our relationships with our tools first began to gain popular recognition. Marshall McLuhan famously said "We shape our tools. And then our tools shape us." McLuhan was referring to the fact that our social practices co-evolve with our use of new tools and the refinements we make to existing tools.

In North American colloquialism, the word "tool" may be loosely used to describe an individual of low mental capacity (essentially, an "idiot") or someone who fails to realise that they are being taken advantage of by others.^[7] This metaphor is drawn from the understanding that tools (as understood by most of society) are objects that are used for specific tasks.

Use by animals

A bonobo at the San Diego Zoo "fishing" for termites

Main article: Tool use by animals

Observation has confirmed that multiple species can use tools including monkeys, apes, several birds, and sea otters. Philosophers originally thought that only humans had the ability to make tools, until zoologists observed birds^[8] and monkeys^[9]^[10]^[11] making tools. Now the unique relationship of humans with tools is considered to be that we are the only species that uses tools to make other tools.^[12]

References

Look up tool in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

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^ Sam Lilley, Men, Machines and History: The Story of Tools and Machines in Relation to Social Progress, 1948 Cobbett Press.
^ Primates and Their Adaptations, 2001, M.J. Farabee. Retrieved on November 6, 2006.
^ Whiten, A., J. Goodall, W. C. McGrew, T. Nishida, V. Reynolds, Y. Sugiyama, C. E. G. Tutin, R. W. Wrangham, and C. Boesch. 1999. Cultures in Chimpanzees. Nature 399:682-685. Panger, M. A., A. S. Brooks, B. G. Richmond, and B. Wood. 2002. Older than the Oldowan? Rethinking the emergence of hominin tool use. Evolutionary Anthropology: Issues, News, and Reviews 11:235-245.
^ Semaw, S., M. J. Rogers, J. Quade, P. R. Renne, R. F. Butler, M. Domínguez-Rodrigo, D. Stout, W. S. Hart, T. Pickering, and S. W. Simpson. 2003. 2.6-Million-year-old stone tools and associated bones from OGS-6 and OGS-7, Gona, Afar, Ethiopia. Journal of Human Evolution 45:169-177.
^ Nanotechnology: Big Potential In Tiny Particles, David Whelan. Retrieved on November 6, 2006
^ Will this Tiny Science Usher in the Next Industrial Revolution?, Katrina C. Arabe. Retrieved on November 6, 2006
^ "Urban Dictionary: Tool". http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Tool. Retrieved 30 August 2011.
^ Selection of tool diameter by New Caledonian crows Corvus moneduloides, Jackie Chappell and Alex Kacelnik November 29, 2003
^ Calvin, William H. "The Throwing Madonna: Essays on the Brain". http://williamcalvin.com/bk2/bk2ch3.htm.
^ "Chimp Minds". Host: Alan Alda. Scientific American Frontiers. PBS. 02-09-2005. No. 4, season 15. Transcript.
^ "Rolling Hills Wildlife Adventure: Chimpanzee". http://www.rollinghillswildlife.com/animals/c/chimpanzee/.
^ Bjorklund, David F.; Bering, Jesse M. (5 June 1997). "Big brains, slow development and social complexity:The development and evolutionary origins of social cognition". In Cooper, Cary L.. International review of industrial and organizational psychology. Robertson, Ivan T.. John Wiley and Sons. p. 113. ISBN 9780471961116. http://books.google.com/books?id=Jd8d-i13CnUC&pg=PA113. Retrieved 10 July 2011.

v d e Types of tools

Cleaning tools	Broom Brush Feather duster Floor buffer Hataki Ice resurfacer Mop Mop bucket cart Needlegun scaler Pipe cleaner Pressure washer Sponge Squeegee Steam mop Tawashi Vacuum cleaner

Cutting and abrasive tools	Blade Bolt cutter Broach Ceramic tile cutter Chisel Coping saw Countersink Diamond blade Diamond tool Draw knife Drill bit Emery cloth File Fretsaw Froe Glass cutter Grater Grinding wheel Hand saw Knife Miter saw Nail clipper Pipecutter Plane Pocket knife Rasp Razor Reamer Sandpaper Saw Scalpel Scissors Steel wool Surform Switchblade Utility knife Water jet cutter Wire brush Wire cutter Wire stripper

Garden tools	Adze Axe Baling hook Billhook Bow saw Chainsaw Cultivator Earth auger Edger Garden fork Garden hose Garden trowel Hatchet Hedge trimmer Hoe Hori hori Irrigation sprinkler Lawn aerator Lawn mower Lawn sweeper Leaf blower Loppers Loy Machete Mattock Pickaxe Pitchfork Plough (plow) Post hole digger Pruning shears (secateurs) Rake Roller Rotary tiller Scythe Shovel Sickle Slasher Spade Splitting maul String trimmer

Hand tools	Block plane BNC inserter/remover Brace Bradawl Breaker bar Card scraper Cat's paw Caulking gun Clamp Crimping pliers Crowbar Grease gun Fish tape Hammer Hand truck Hawk Hex key Jack Lug wrench Locking pliers Mallet Mitre box Monkey wrench Multi-tool Nut driver Paint roller Paintbrush Pipe wrench Pliers Plumber's snake Plunger Punch Punch down tool Putty knife Ratchet Sink wrench Scratch awl Screwdriver Sledgehammer Socket wrench Spike maul Staple gun Stitching awl Strap wrench Tire iron Torque wrench Trowel Upholstery hammer Wrench (spanner)

Machine and metalworking tools	Automatic lathe Ball-peen hammer Broaching machine Drill press Endmill English wheel Gear shaper Grinding machine Hacksaw Hobbing machine Jig borer Lathe Metalworking lathe Milling cutter Milling machine Planer Plasma cutter Screw machine Shaper Tap and die Thread restorer Tool bit Turret lathe Welder

Measuring and alignment tools	Architect's scale Beam compass Caliper Chalk box Compass Engineer's scale Flexible curve Jig Laser level Laser line level Laser measuring tool Micrometer Plumb-bob Protractor Ruler Scale Sliding T bevel Spirit level Square Straightedge Tape measure Template

Power tools	Angle grinder Bandsaw Belt sander Blow torch Chop saw Circular saw Concrete saw Crusher Cutting torch Die grinder Drill Glue gun Heat gun Impact wrench Jackhammer Jigsaw Jointer Nail gun Power trowel Radial arm saw Random orbital sander Reciprocating saw Rotary tool Router table Sander Scroll saw Soldering gun Soldering iron Steam box Table saw Thickness planer Wood router Wood shaper

Other	Antique tools Backscratcher Bucket Comb Flashlight Halligan bar Kelly tool Ladder Pencil Tool belt Toolbox Vise Workbench

Woodworking

Introduction

Forms

List of woods

Softwood	Cedar Pine Spruce

Hardwood	Aspen Birch Cherry Elm Hazel Mahogany Maple Oak Teak

Tools

Saws	Coping saw Fretsaw Jigsaw Miter saw Veneer saw

Other	Abrasives Chisel Drawknife Drill Mallet Mitre box Plane Rasp Sandpaper Vise Workbench

Geometry

Joints	Birdsmouth Bridle Butt Crown of Thorns Dados Dovetail Finger Groove Hammer-headed tenon Lap Mason's mitre Miter Mortise and tenon Scarf Splice Tongue and groove

Other	Bevels Chamfers Ogee Ogive

Treatments

Woodworkers

Organizations

Category: Woodworking

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - værktøj, redskab
v. tr. - bearbejde
v. intr. - arbejde med værktøj, forsyne med værktøj, køre stille og roligt i bil

idioms:

down tools nedlægge arbejdet, strejke
the tools of the trade fagets værktøjer
tool along køre afslappet
tool box værktøjskasse
tool kit værktøj, værktøjskasse
tool up skaffe værktøj til

Nederlands (Dutch)
(stuk) gereedschap, instrument, (hulp)middel, marionet, een werktuig hanteren, bewerken, van gereedschap voorzien

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Comput) outil, instrument, (fig) instrument (péj), pénis
v. tr. - travailler, repousser (le cuir)
v. intr. - (Aut) rouler tranquillement/pépère

idioms:

down tools (GB) se mettre en grève, arrêter de travailler
the tools of the trade les outils du métier
tool along (Aut) rouler tranquillement
tool box boîte à outils
tool kit trousse à outils
tool up s'équiper (pour faire), équiper

Deutsch (German)
n. - Gerät, Werkzeug, Rüstzeug, Werkzeugmaschine, Drehmeißel, (Präge)stempel, (Slang) Penis
v. - fahren, mit einem Werkzeug bearbeiten, prägen

idioms:

down tools die Arbeit unterbrechen, die Arbeit niederlegen
the tools of the trade Rüstzeug (zur Ausübung des Berufs)
tool along ein Fahrzeug fahren
tool box Werkzeugkasten
tool kit Werkzeugsatz, Werkzeug
tool up die nötigen Maschinen aufstellen

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - εργαλείο, όργανο, μέσο, (μτφ.) ενεργούμενο, πιόνι, (χυδ.) πέος
v. - επεξεργάζομαι ή διαμορφώνω (με εργαλείο), χαράσσω σχέδιο σε δερμάτινο κάλυμμα βιβλίου, εφοδιάζω ή εξοπλίζω με μέσα παραγωγής

idioms:

down tools κάνω στάση εργασίας
the tools of the trade τα σύνεργα της δουλειάς
tool along (αργκό) ρολάρω, οδηγώ αυτοκίνητο αργά
tool box εργαλειοθήκη
tool kit σειρά εργαλείων, εργαλειοθήκη
tool up εξοπλίζω/-ομαι με μηχανήματα και εργαλεία

Italiano (Italian)
strumento

idioms:

down tools scioperare
the tools of the trade le armi del mestiere
tool box portautensili
tool kit portautensili

Português (Portuguese)
n. - ferramenta (f), instrumento (m)
v. - trabalhar com ferramentas, guiar

idioms:

down tools entrar em greve (Brit.) (fig.)
the tools of the trade ossos do ofício
tool along devagar com carro
tool box caixa de ferramentas
tool kit jogo de ferramentas
tool up providenciar uma fábrica com ferramentas

Русский (Russian)
инструмент, техн. приспособление для производства/работы, (перен.) средство для достижения какой-либо цели, средство, марионетка, мужской половой орган

idioms:

down tools бастовать, прекращать работу
the tools of the trade орудие труда
tool along (разг.) везти кого-л., ехать
tool box ящик для инструментов
tool kit набор инструментов
tool up приобрести оборудование, оснаститься

Español (Spanish)
n. - herramienta, utensilio, útil, instrumento
v. tr. - labrar o trabajar con herramientas, relevar, proveer de herramientas o utillaje, guiar, llevar un vehículo
v. intr. - pasear en vehículo, labrar o trabajar con herramientas, relevar

idioms:

down tools declararse en huelga
the tools of the trade herramientas de trabajo
tool along dirigirse o pasear en coche
tool box caja de herramientas
tool kit juego de herramientas
tool up instalar maquinaria diseñada para realizar un trabajo específico

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - verktyg, hjälpmedel, redskap, instrument
v. - bearbeta, forma, köra (vard.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
工具, 用具, 器具, 机床, 器械, 方法, 手段, 用工具加工, 使用设备, 使用工具

idioms:

down tools 静坐
the tools of the trade 做生意的工具, 谋生器具
tool along 慢速行驶
tool box 工具箱
tool kit 成套工具
tool up 用机械设备装置, 为新产品生产提供所需的机械设备

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 工具, 用具, 器具, 機床, 器械, 方法, 手段
v. tr. - 用工具加工, 使用設備
v. intr. - 使用工具

idioms:

down tools 靜坐
the tools of the trade 做生意的工具, 謀生器具
tool along 慢速行駛
tool box 工具箱
tool kit 成套工具
tool up 用機械設備裝置, 為新產品生產提供所需的機械設備

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 연장, 날 부분, 수단
v. tr. - 연장으로 세공하다, 압형하다, 기구를 설비하다
v. intr. - 연장으로 세공하다, (마차로)가다, 기계를 설비하다

idioms:

the tools of the trade 장사도구, 장사밑천
tool along 차로 천천히 가다
tool up (공장 등에) 기구 등을 설비하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 道具, 手段, 手先
v. - 道具で細工する, 押し型で模様を押す, 車で行く

idioms:

down tools ストライキをする
tool along ゆっくり走らせる
tool box ツールボックス, 道具箱
tool kit ツールキット, 工具セット
tool up 機械を備え付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) وسيله, أداة (فعل) يصنع أو يزين بأداة, يقود سيارة, يسوق‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מכשיר, כלי, כלי-עבודה, אמצעי, כלי-שרת, מכבש-הטבעה קטן, פין (מדוברת)‬
v. tr. - ‮עיצב, קישט, עיטר‬
v. intr. - ‮הטביע תרשים על כריכת ספר מעור‬

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