tools

1. A device, such as a saw, used to perform or facilitate manual or mechanical work.

2. 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.

   3. A bookbinder's hand stamp.

   4. A design impressed on a book cover by such a stamp.

3. Something regarded as necessary to the carrying out of one's occupation or profession: Words are the tools of our trade.

4. 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).

5. Vulgar Slang A penis.

6. A person used to carry out the designs of another; a dupe.

7. 1. A bookbinder's hand stamp.

   2. A design impressed on a book cover by such a stamp.

8. Computer Science An application program, often one that creates, manipulates, modifies, or analyzes other programs.

1. To form, work, or decorate with a tool.

2. To ornament (a book cover) with a bookbinder's tool.

3. Slang To drive (a vehicle): tooled the car at 80 miles an hour.

1. To work with a tool.

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

Synonyms: 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.

1. n.
   an earnest student. (See also power tool.) : Of course he's a tool. See the plastic liner in his pocket?
2. n.
   a dupe; someone who can be victimized easily. : They were looking for some tool to drive the getaway car.
3. in.
   to speed along (in a car). (See also tool around.) : We were tooling along at about seventy-five when the cop spotted us.