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Noun tool has 4 senses

tool - an implement used in the practice of a vocation
--₁ is a kind of implement
--₁ has particulars:

abrader, abradant; bender; clincher; comb; cutting implement; drill; eolith; fork; gang; garden tool, lawn tool; grapnel, grapple, grappler, grappling hook, grappling iron; hack; hand tool; hoe; jack; Jaws of Life; neolith; paleolith; pestle, muller, pounder; plow, plough; power tool; punch, puncher; rake; ram; rounder; saw set; shaping tool; strickle; stylus, style; tamp, tamper, tamping bar; tap; upset, swage

Derived forms: verb tool₄, verb tool₃

instrument, tool - the means whereby some act is accomplished; "my greed was the instrument of my destruction"; "science has given us new tools to fight disease"
--₂ is a kind of means, agency, way
creature, tool, puppet - a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
--₃ is a kind of slave
cock, prick, dick, shaft, pecker, peter, tool, putz - obscene terms for penis
--₄ is a kind of penis, phallus, member

Verb tool has 4 senses

tool - drive; "The convertible tooled down the street"
--₁ is one way to drive
Sample sentences:
Something ----s
Something is ----ing PP
joyride, tool, tool around - ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it; "We tooled down the street"
--₂ is one way to ride
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
tool - furnish with tools
--₃ is one way to supply, provide, render, furnish

Derived form: noun tool₁
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
tool - work with a tool
--₄ is one way to work, work on, process

Derived form: noun tool₁
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something