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  • noun
    plural tools
    [count] something (such as a hammer, saw, shovel, etc.) that you hold in your hand and use for a particular task
    carpentry/garden tools
    power tools [=tools that use electricity]
    I don't have the right tools to fix the engine. - see also hand tool, machine tool <SYNR
    synonyms see1implement</SYNR
    something that is used to do a job or activity
    Words are a writer's tools.
    something that helps to get or achieve something
    Words are tools for communication.
    A book's cover can be a great marketing tool.
    The Internet has become an important research tool.
    He has the tools [=natural skills] to be a great pitcher.
    disapproving
    someone or something that is used or controlled by another person or group - often + of
    a politician who is just a tool of special interests
    He claims the government has become a tool of giant corporations.
    b informal :a foolish person who can easily be used or tricked by others
    He's such a tool.
    informal + impolite :a man's penis
    tools of the/your trade
    xem trade
    verb
    tools; tooled; tooling
    always followed by an adverb or preposition [no obj] US informal :to drive or ride in a vehicle
    We tooled along/up/down the highway.
    I tooled around (town) all day.
    [+ obj] :to shape, form, or finish (something) with a tool
    He tooled a design on the leather belt.
    a belt made of tooled leather
    tool up
    [phrasal verb]
    tool (something) up or tool up (something) :to provide (a factory) with machines and tools for producing something
    The factory was not tooled up for this type of production.

    * Các từ tương tự:
    tool kit, toolbar, toolbox, toolmaker, toolshed