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Word: tool
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Meaning:
Noun:
- A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
- A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
- computing A piece of software used to develop software or hardware.
- Equipment used in a profession, e.g., '''tools''' of the trade.
- pejorative An obnoxious or uptight person.
- slang Penis.
- Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
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Verb:
- slang To put someone else down (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use them to meet a goal.
- transitive To equip with tools.
- transitive To work on or shape with tools, e.g., ''hand-tooled leather''.
- transitive To work very hard.
- volleyball To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
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