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Definition of tool verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

tool

verb
 
/tuːl/
 
/tuːl/
[intransitive] (North American English, informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they tool
 
/tuːl/
 
/tuːl/
he / she / it tools
 
/tuːlz/
 
/tuːlz/
past simple tooled
 
/tuːld/
 
/tuːld/
past participle tooled
 
/tuːld/
 
/tuːld/
-ing form tooling
 
/ˈtuːlɪŋ/
 
/ˈtuːlɪŋ/
Phrasal Verbs
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  1. + adv./prep. to drive around in a vehicle
    Word OriginOld English tōl, from a Germanic base meaning ‘prepare’. The verb dates from the early 19th cent.
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