Tool

Several prehistoric tools, including a stone ax, were found during the dig.

A screwdriver is a tool that no household should be without.

A stapler is a tool for attaching papers to others.

the tools of the trade

Rakes, shovels, hoes, and spades are some of the tools of the gardener's trade.

I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine.

A timing light is a tool that only an automotive mechanic, professional or amateur, would have.

Drawings and pictures are more than mere ornaments in scientific discourse. Blackboard sketches, geological maps, diagrams of molecular structure, astronomical photographs, MRI images, the many varieties of statistical charts and graphs: These pictorial devices are indispensable tools for presenting evidence, for explaining a theory, for telling a story.

Idleness is a tool of the devil.

A spreadsheet app and a bookkeeping app are some of the principal tools of a bookkeeper.

What was the need of a man to do that? "One stick at a time;" if Ned could not do that, he was a poor tool. Ah, a poor tool he proved to be.

Not long ago, it was difficult to produce photographs of tiny creatures with every part in focus.[…]A photo processing technique called focus stacking has changed that. Developed as a tool to electronically combine the sharpest bits of multiple digital images, focus stacking is a boon to biologists seeking full focus on a micron scale.

The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.

a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk

She was a tool of the pharmaceutical lobby.

He was a tool of a foreign influence operation.

a five-tool player

When asked what he liked about Youk [Kevin Youkilis], former Boston scout Matt Haas says, "At first glance, not a lot." (Mind you, this is one of the few scouts who actually wanted the kid.) "He was unorthodox," says Haas, who now scouts for the Arizona Diamondbacks. "He had an extreme crouch—his thighs were almost parallel to the ground. And he was heavier than he is now. But the more I watched him, the more I just thought, Throw the tools out the window. This guy can play baseball."

Or haue wee some strange Indian with the great Toole, come to Court, the women so besiege vs?

She wanna hang with the goons She wanna party midnight till noon She wanna play with my tool

He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool.

In my city keep a tool Lil nigga you know the rules

Three waps up and a couple of shanks (Just in case) But I got faith that these tools won't jam

Do this lab and read this book, now tool, one and all, And be sure and pass that final quiz or be screwed right to the wall.

Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.

1850s, Cuthbert M. Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the Warsity with his guvnor."

March 8, 1890, Byron P. Stephenson, "My Trip to Brazil", in Illustrated American boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads

These are the guys that tool around in Mercedes Sprinter vans with equipment lockers stuffed with everything from riot helmets to tasers.