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Synonyms for tools

Grammar : Noun
Spell : tool
Phonetic Transcription : tul

Top 10 synonyms for tools
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Définition of tools

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.
  • noun instrument used to shape, form, finish
  • noun person who allows himself to be used
Example sentences :
  • God can use us as tools, but to be a tool of, is not to be a fellow-worker with.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • They will feel that "the tools are with him who can use them."
  • Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VII (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
  • Every boy should learn the use of tools, the gardener's or the carpenter's, or both.
  • Extract from : « Scientific American Supplement, No. 497, July 11, 1885 » by Various
  • In the afternoon he returned with his pard and tools for digging.
  • Extract from : « Johnny Bear » by E. T. Seton
  • His weapons and tools were of the rudest description, and made of chipped flint.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • Their weapons and tools are highly polished, and have evidently been ground on a grindstone.
  • Extract from : « English Villages » by P. H. Ditchfield
  • His father was a millwright, and had brought up his son to the use of tools.
  • Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
  • Tools with which man tills the earth and blasts the rock are made with the aid of fire.
  • Extract from : « Classic Myths » by Mary Catherine Judd
  • Descending again to the bed-room, I set to work with my tools.
  • Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald
  • We are the tools or vassals of the rich men behind the scenes.
  • Extract from : « Commercialism and Journalism » by Hamilton Holt
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