Synonyms for tooled


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : tool
Phonetic Transcription : tul

Top 10 synonyms for tooled Other synonyms for the word tooled

Définition of tooled

Origin :
  • Old English tol "instrument, implement," from Proto-Germanic *tolan (cf. Old Norse tol), from a verb stem represented by Old English tawian "prepare." The ending is the instrumental suffix -l (e.g. shovel). Figurative sense of "person used by another for his own ends" is recorded from 1660s. Slang meaning "penis" first recorded 1550s.
  • As in manufactured : adj made
  • As in lag : verb move slowly; delay
  • As in linger : verb loiter, delay
  • As in manufacture : verb build, produce
  • As in accelerate : verb increase speed, timing
  • As in tarry : verb dawdle, delay
  • As in carve : verb cut carefully with sharp instrument
  • As in drive : verb moving, controlling a vehicle
Example sentences :
  • It is bound in dark calf, with tooled ornament in the centre.
  • Extract from : « The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies. Volume 2 of 2. » by John Davies
  • The decoration, if there is to be any, may now be tooled on.
  • Extract from : « The Library of Work and Play: Home Decoration » by Charles Franklin Warner
  • This they taught to less advanced groups, who tooled with fire sticks.
  • Extract from : « Social Origins and Primal Law » by Andrew Lang
  • We nipped on to a couple of horses, pulled out our revolvers, and tooled after him.
  • Extract from : « Mike » by P. G. Wodehouse
  • They tooled up to make them by the hundred, then the thousand,then the tens of thousand.
  • Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
  • It's a straight strip of leather, tooled in a pretty pattern.
  • Extract from : « Ethel Morton and the Christmas Ship » by Mabell S. C. Smith
  • I went to my case and produced a book—I had sewed it, backed it, bound and tooled it.
  • Extract from : « From the Bottom Up » by Alexander Irvine
  • Cuzin did the binding, in yellow morocco, tooled with roses and butterflies.
  • Extract from : « Lost Leaders » by Andrew Lang
  • Miss Greta Morssing, who has chiefly studied the modern English tooled work, is also an accomplished exponent of the art.
  • Extract from : « The Art of the Book » by Bernard H. Newdigate
  • The servants commenced to titter, and the smart little gentleman who tooled us over actually laughed outright.
  • Extract from : « Sporting Society, Vol. I (of 2) » by Various

Antonyms for tooled

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