tool

noun

• 1a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function:gardening tools
• a thing used to help perform a job:computers are an essential tool the ability to write clearly is a tool of the trade
• a person used or exploited by another:the beautiful Estella is Miss Havisham’s tool
• Computing a piece of software that carries out a particular function, typically creating or modifying another program.

• 2a distinct design in the tooling of a book.
• a small stamp or roller used to make a tooled design.

• 3 vulgar slang a man’s penis.
• a stupid, irritating, or contemptible man:that guy is such a tool

verb

• 1 [with object] impress a design on (leather, especially a leather book cover):volumes bound in green leather and tooled in gold

• 2equip or be equipped with tools for industrial production: [with object]:the factory must be tooled to produce the models [no object]:they were tooling up for production
• (tool up or be tooled up) British informal be or become armed, especially for criminal activity: they were tooled up with baseball bats

• 3 [no object, with adverbial of direction] informal, chiefly North American drive or ride in a casual or leisurely manner:tooling around town in a pink Rolls-Royce

• 4 [with object] dress (stone) with a chisel.