Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to tool
Participle: tooled
Gerund: tooling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | tool |
| you | tool |
| he;she;it | tools |
| we | tool |
| you | tool |
| they | tool |
Perfect
| I | have tooled |
| you | have tooled |
| he;she;it | has tooled |
| we | have tooled |
| you | have tooled |
| they | have tooled |
Past
| I | tooled |
| you | tooled |
| he;she;it | tooled |
| we | tooled |
| you | tooled |
| they | tooled |
Pluperfect
| I | had tooled |
| you | had tooled |
| he;she;it | had tooled |
| we | had tooled |
| you | had tooled |
| they | had tooled |
Future
| I | will tool |
| you | will tool |
| he;she;it | will tool |
| we | will tool |
| you | will tool |
| they | will tool |
Future Perfect
| I | will have tooled |
| you | will have tooled |
| he;she;it | will have tooled |
| we | will have tooled |
| you | will have tooled |
| they | will have tooled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | tool |
| you | tool |
| he;she;it | tool |
| we | tool |
| you | tool |
| they | tool |
Perfect
| I | have tooled |
| you | have tooled |
| he;she;it | have tooled |
| we | have tooled |
| you | have tooled |
| they | have tooled |
Imperfect
| I | tooled |
| you | tooled |
| he;she;it | tooled |
| we | tooled |
| you | tooled |
| they | tooled |
Pluperfect
| I | had tooled |
| you | had tooled |
| he;she;it | had tooled |
| we | had tooled |
| you | had tooled |
| they | had tooled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would tool |
| you | would tool |
| he;she;it | would tool |
| we | would tool |
| you | would tool |
| they | would tool |
Perfect
| I | would have tooled |
| you | would have tooled |
| he;she;it | would have tooled |
| we | would have tooled |
| you | would have tooled |
| they | would have tooled |
Imperative
| you | tool |
| we | Let's tool |
| you | tool |
Verbs conjugated like 'tool'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'tool'
bool,
cool,
fool,
kool,
pool,
rool,
sool,
stool,
toil,
tol,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. O.E. tol "instrument, implement," from P.Gmc. *tolan (cf. O.N. tol), from a verb stem represented by O.E. tawian "prepare." The ending is the instrumental suffix -l (e.g. shovel). Fig. sense of "person used by another for his own ends" is recorded from 1663. Slang meaning "penis" first recorded 1553. The verb "to drive a vehicle" is first attested 1812, probably from the noun. The meaning "to work or shape with a tool" is recorded from 1815; that of "equip (a factory) with machine tools" is from 1927. Tool-box first recorded 1832.
2. From Middle English tool, tol, from Old English tōl (“tool, implement, instrument”, literally “that with which one prepares something”), perhaps borrowed from Old Norse tól, but at any rate ultimately from Proto-Germanic *tōlą (“that which is used in preparation, tool”), from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- (“to tie to, secure”), equivalent to taw (“to prepare”) + -le (agent suffix). Cognate with Scots tuil (“tool, implement, instrument, device”), Icelandic tól (“tool”), Faroese tól (“tool, instrument”). Related to Old English tāwian (“to make, prepare, or cultivate”); see taw, and tow ("fibres used for spinning").
Sample Sentences
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Do this lab and read this book, now tool, one and all,
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And be sure and pass that final quiz or be screwed right to the wall. [1965, Matt Fichtenbaum, Dan Murphy, “The Institute Screw”, in The Broadside of Boston, volume III, number 22:]
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Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.
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1850s, Cuthbert M. Bede, The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
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Among those who seemed disposed to join in this opinion was the Jehu of the Warwickshire coach, who expressed his conviction to our hero, that "he wos a young gent as had much himproved hisself since he tooled him up to the Warsity with his guvnor."
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March 8, 1890, Byron P. Stephenson, "My Trip to Brazil", in Illustrated American
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boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads
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These are the guys that tool around in Mercedes Sprinter vans with equipment lockers stuffed with everything from riot helmets to tasers. [2011, Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London, Gollancz, published 2011, page 324:]