Le mot anglais du jour

tool

outil

Définitions

anglais > français
tool
1. n. Instrument, outil, produit, ustensile.
2. n. (Argot) (Vulgaire) Pénis.
3. v. Repousser, repousser le métal, travailler, façonner.
4. v. Équiper d'outils, pourvoir d'outils.
5. v. Bosser.
6. v. Utiliser quelqu'un, rouler quelqu'un, profiter de quelqu'un.
Don't trust him, he is just tooling you. — Ne lui fais pas confiance, il ne fait que profiter de toi.
anglais > anglais
tool
1. n. A mechanical device intended to make a task easier.
Hand me that tool, would you? I don't have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine.
2. n. Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.
These are the tools of the trade.
3. n. Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.
4. n. (computing) A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations.
The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools. a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk
5. n. A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group.
He was a tool, no more than a pawn to her.
6. n. (slang) Penis.
7. n. (by extension, slang) An obnoxious or uptight person.
He won't sell us tickets because it's 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guy's such a tool.
8. v. To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.
9. v. To equip with tools.
10. v. (intransitive) To work very hard.
11. v. (transitive, slang) To put down another person (possibly in a subtle, hidden way), and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal.
Dude, he's not your friend. He's just tooling you.
12. v. (transitive, volleyball) To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.
13. v. (transitive, UK, slang) To drive (a coach, etc.)
14. v. (intransitive, slang) To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.
français > anglais
outil
1. n-m. tool (something designed to aid in a task)