tool

tool
tu:l
noun
(an instrument for doing work, especially by hand: hammers, saws and other tools; the tools of his trade; Advertising is a powerful tool.) redskap, verktøy
middel
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verktøy
I
subst. \/tuːl\/
1) verktøy, (arbeids)redskap, instrument
2) (overført) instrument, (hjelpe)middel
words are the tools with which we think
3) (nedsettende om person) redskap, verktøy
he was a tool in their hands
han var et lydig redskap i deres hender
4) håndlanger, leiesvenn
5) (bokbinding) stempel
6) (vulgært, om penis) redskap, kukk
7) (EDB) verktøy
a bad workman always blames his tools forklaring: en person som har gjort noe dårlig, vil prøve å legge skylden på utstyret i stedet for å innrømme sin egen inkompetanse
II
verb \/tuːl\/
1) bearbeide (med verktøy), (ut)forme, hugge jevn, meisle (ut)
she was tooling a stone
hun meislet ut en stein
2) (også tool up) utstyre med verktøy, forsyne med maskiner (e.l)
3) (bokbinding) prege, siselere, stemple, forgylle
tool a book cover
prege et bokomslag
4) (hverdagslig) kjøre
tool someone in a jeep
kjøre noen i en jeep
tool up forsyne med verktøy, utstyre med verktøy (britisk, hverdagslig) utstyre med skytevåpen

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