tool

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Noun

1. {{senseid|en|Q39546}} Any physical [[device]] meant to ease or do a [[task]].
2. Anything that aids someone to perform an operation; an [[instrument]]; a [[means]].
3. {{lb|en|computing}} A piece of [[software]] used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
4. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually [[unwittingly]], by another person or group, a [[pawn]].
5. {{lb|en|baseball}} A particular [[skill#Noun|skill]] pertaining to [[baseball#Noun|baseball]] (such as [[hitting#Noun|hitting]], [[running#Noun|running]], etc.).
6. {{lb|en|vulgar|informal}} A [[penis]], notably with a sexual or erotic connotation.
7. {{lb|en|by extension|vulgar|slang|pejorative}} An obnoxious or uptight person.
8. {{lb|en|slang|North America|MTE|MLE|and possibly wider}} A [[handgun]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|transitive}} To work on or shape with tools, e.g., ''hand-tooled leather''.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[equip]] with tools.
3. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To work very hard.
4. {{lb|en|transitive|slang}} To [[put down]] another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|volleyball}} To [[intentional]]ly [[attack]] the ball so that it [[deflect]]s off a [[blocker]] [[out of bounds]].
6. {{lb|en|transitive|UK|slang|dated}} To [[drive]] (a [[coach]] or other vehicle).
7. {{lb|en|transitive|UK|slang|dated}} To [[carry]] or [[convey]] in a [[coach]] or other vehicle.
8. {{lb|en|intransitive|slang}} To travel in a vehicle; to [[ride]] or [[drive]].

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