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tool (n.)

Old English tol "instrument, implement used by a craftsman or laborer, weapon," from Proto-Germanic *tōwalan "implement" (source also of Old Norse tol), from a verb stem represented by Old English tawian "prepare" (see taw). The ending is the instrumental suffix -el (1). Figurative sense of "person used by another for his own ends" is recorded from 1660s. Slang meaning "penis" first recorded 1550s.

tool (v.)

"to drive a vehicle," 1812, probably from tool (n.) as if "to manage skillfully." The meaning "to work or shape with a tool" is recorded from 1815; that of "equip (a factory) with machine tools" is from 1927. Related: Tooled; tooling.

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Definitions of tool from WordNet
1
tool (v.)
drive;
The convertible tooled down the street
tool (v.)
ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it;
We tooled down the street
Synonyms: joyride / tool around
tool (v.)
furnish with tools;
tool (v.)
work with a tool;
2
tool (n.)
an implement used in the practice of a vocation;
tool (n.)
the means whereby some act is accomplished;
science has given us new tools to fight disease
Synonyms: instrument
tool (n.)
a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else;
Synonyms: creature / puppet
tool (n.)
obscene terms for penis;
Synonyms: cock / prick / dick / shaft / pecker / putz
From wordnet.princeton.edu