English-Finnish translations for tool

• työkalu
  Tietokone on vain kone, työkalu. A computer is only a machine, a tool.
  Se on työkalu jokapäiväistä elämää varten modernissa yhteiskunnassa. It is a tool for daily life in modern society.
  Kuudes puiteohjelma tulee olemaan yksi työkalu. The sixth framework programme will be another tool.
• kalu
• työstää
  työstää aarporaamalla
  Laulaja työsti albumia myyntikuntoon.
• väline
  Meidän on pyrittävä löytämään jokin toinen väline. We have to try to find another tool.
  Talousarvio on sen vuoksi keskeinen väline. The budget is therefore a focal tool.
  Se on demokratian lakkauttamisen väline. It is a tool for dismantling democracy.
• varustaa
  Arvoisat puheenjohtajat, hyvät naiset ja herrat, samalla, kun yritämme varustaa itsemme paremmilla päätöksentekovälineillä, meidän ongelmamme kasaantuvat. Presidents, ladies and gentlemen, while we are trying to equip ourselves with a better decision-making tool, our problems are building up.
  Ensimmäiseksi meidän täytyisi varustaa lapsemme tämän uuden alan työkaluilla, mutta jotta voimme toimia näin, meidän on ensin varustettava opettajat. The first thing we should do is equip our children with the tools of this new trade but in order to do this we must equip our teachers first.
  Hyvin varustettu kirjakauppa.

Definition of tool

• A mechanical device intended to make a task easier
• Equipment used in a profession, e.g., '''tools''of the trade
• Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means
• A piece of software used to develop software or hardware, or to perform low-level operations
• A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group
• Penis
• To work on or shape with tools, e.g., ''hand-tooled leather''
• To work very hard
• To put down another person , and in that way to use him or her to meet a goal
• To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds
• To carry or convey in a coach or other vehicle
• To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive

Examples

• Hand me that tool, would you?   I dont have the right tools to start fiddling around with the engine
• These are the tools of the trade
• The software engineer had been developing lots of EDA tools.   a tool for recovering deleted files from a disk
• He was a tool, no more than a pawn to her
• He wont sell us tickets because its 3:01, and they went off sale at 3. That guys such a tool
• Dude, hes not your friend. Hes just tooling you.

Related words

• stool
• toadstool
• footstool
• toolbox
• toolkit
• tooltip
• tools
• tooling
• faldstool