tool

herramienta

Objeto que se usa para realizar un trabajo, como cortar, construir o reparar.

En inglés sencillo: An object you use to do a job, such as cutting, building, or repairing something.

• Pass me that tool.
• She bought tools to repair her bike.
• Which tool should I use to cut this wood?

Sinónimos: implement

Expresiones frecuentes: hand tool, power tool, tool box, use a tool

instrumento, títere

Persona o grupo que otros controlan y utilizan para conseguir sus propios objetivos.

En inglés sencillo: A person or group controlled and used by others to achieve their aims.

• He became a tool of the regime.
• The group was a tool of powerful business interests.
• She refused to be anyone’s tool.

Cómo se usa: a tool of someone/something (The newspaper became a tool of the government.)

Sinónimos: pawn, puppet

Expresiones frecuentes: tool of someone, political tool, mere tool

La fuente contiene una nota de edición en lugar de una definición de este verbo.

En inglés sencillo: The source provides an editing note instead of a definition for this verb.

• The source gives no meaning for the verb “tool” here.
• This “tool” entry contains an editing note.
• A definition is missing from this verb entry for “tool”.

trabajar, labrar

Dar forma o decorar un material con herramientas especiales, a menudo estampando un diseño.

En inglés sencillo: Shape or decorate a material using special equipment, often by pressing a design into it.

• She learned to tool leather.
• The cover was tooled with a flower design.
• He tools each belt by hand.

Cómo se usa: tool something with something (The leather was tooled with a geometric pattern.)

Sinónimos: work, shape

Expresiones frecuentes: tool leather, tool a pattern, tool a design

equipar

Dotar un lugar de las herramientas y máquinas necesarias para fabricar o reparar cosas.

En inglés sencillo: Provide a place with the equipment needed to make or repair things.

• They will tool the new factory.
• The plant was tooled for car production.
• We need to tool up before manufacturing begins.

Cómo se usa: tool up for something (The company is tooling up for mass production.)

Sinónimos: equip

Expresiones frecuentes: tool a factory, tool up, tool a plant