tools is a form of:
Tool
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- (FIGURATIVE) Use him as a tool មនុស្សសម្រាប់គេប្រើក្បាល
Example: A screwdriver and a hammer are the only tools you need.
noun
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- (any implement instrument, etc. used in doing work, especially with the hands, such as a chisel, hammer knife, or saw, anything used as a tool, such as books, money, etc., person used as a tool) carpenter's tool ប្រដាប់ប្រដា (ដែលជាងប្រើប្រាស)
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- (បច្ចេកទេស) ឧបករណ៍
verb — past tense: tooled ; past participle: tooled ; present participle: tooling ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) (To cut, shape or mark with a tool) ធ្វើអោយមានរូបរាងជាអ្វីមួយឡើង
Example: Carpenter's tools, Used him as a tool, Tool chest, etc. - 2.
- (INTRANSITIVE) (1. To work with a tool. 2. Slang. To drive or ride in a vehicle: tooled up and down the roads) tool up រៀបចំគ្រឿងប្រដាប់ធ្វើអ្វីមួយ
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- (SLANG) (INTRANSITIVE) បើក (រថយន្ដ)
Example: tool along
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
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- An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.
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- A machine for cutting or shaping materials; -- also called machine tool.
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- Hence, any instrument of use or service.
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- A person used as an instrument by another person; -- a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.
verb — past tense: tooled ; past participle: tooled ; present participle: tooling ;
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- (TRANSITIVE) To shape, form, or finish with a tool.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To drive, as a coach.
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- (TRANSITIVE) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
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- agent, apparatus, device, instrument, means, medium, utensil
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- hindrance, impediment, obstruction, preventive
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- A weapon