tool

outil

Objet utilisé pour réaliser un travail, par exemple couper, construire ou réparer.

En anglais simple : 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?

Synonymes : implement

Expressions courantes : hand tool, power tool, tool box, use a tool

instrument, marionnette

Personne ou groupe que d’autres contrôlent et utilisent pour atteindre leurs objectifs.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : a tool of someone/something (The newspaper became a tool of the government.)

Synonymes : pawn, puppet

Expressions courantes : tool of someone, political tool, mere tool

La source donne une note de rédaction au lieu d’une définition de ce verbe.

En anglais simple : 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”.

travailler, ciseler

Façonner ou décorer un matériau avec des outils spéciaux, souvent en y imprimant un motif.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : tool something with something (The leather was tooled with a geometric pattern.)

Synonymes : work, shape

Expressions courantes : tool leather, tool a pattern, tool a design

équiper

Fournir à un lieu les outils et machines nécessaires pour fabriquer ou réparer des choses.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : tool up for something (The company is tooling up for mass production.)

Synonymes : equip

Expressions courantes : tool a factory, tool up, tool a plant