Iron vs. Tool

Ironnoun

(uncountable) A common, inexpensive metal, often black in color, that rusts, is attracted by magnets, and is used in making steel.

Toolnoun

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.’;

Ironnoun

A metallic chemical element having atomic number 26 and symbol Fe.

Toolnoun

Equipment used in a profession, e.g., tools of the trade.

Ironnoun

Any material, not a steel, predominantly made of elemental iron.

‘wrought iron, ductile iron, cast iron, pig iron, gray iron’;

Toolnoun

Something to perform an operation; an instrument; a means.

Ironnoun

(countable) A tool or appliance made of metal, which is heated and then used to transfer heat to something else; most often a thick piece of metal fitted with a handle and having a flat, roughly triangular bottom, which is heated and used to press wrinkles from clothing, and now usually containing an electrical heating apparatus.

Toolnoun

(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’;

Ironnoun

(usually plural, irons) Shackles.

Toolnoun

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.’;

Ironnoun

(slang) A handgun.

Toolnoun

(slang) Penis.

Ironnoun

(uncountable) A dark shade of the colour/color silver.

Toolnoun

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.’;

Ironnoun

A male homosexual.

Toolverb

(transitive) To work on or shape with tools, e.g., hand-tooled leather.

Ironnoun

(golf) A golf club used for middle-distance shots.

Toolverb

(transitive) To equip with tools.

Ironnoun

(uncountable) Great strength or power.

Toolverb

(intransitive) To work very hard.

Ironadjective

(not comparable) Made of the metal iron.

Toolverb

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.’;

Ironadjective

(figuratively) Strong as of will, inflexible.

‘She had an iron will.’; ‘He held on with an iron grip.’; ‘an iron constitution’; ‘Iron men’;

Toolverb

To intentionally attack the ball so that it deflects off a blocker out of bounds.

Ironverb

(transitive) To pass an iron over (clothing or some other item made of cloth) in order to remove creases.

Toolverb

To drive (a coach, etc.)

Ironverb

To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

Toolverb

To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.

Ironverb

(transitive) To furnish or arm with iron.

‘to iron a wagon’;

Toolnoun

An instrument such as a hammer, saw, plane, file, and the like, used in the manual arts, to facilitate mechanical operations; any instrument used by a craftsman or laborer at his work; an implement; as, the tools of a joiner, smith, shoe-maker, etc.; also, a cutter, chisel, or other part of an instrument or machine that dresses work.

Ironnoun

The most common and most useful metallic element, being of almost universal occurrence, usually in the form of an oxide (as hematite, magnetite, etc.), or a hydrous oxide (as limonite, turgite, etc.). It is reduced on an enormous scale in three principal forms; viz., cast iron, steel, and wrought iron. Iron usually appears dark brown, from oxidation or impurity, but when pure, or on a fresh surface, is a gray or white metal. It is easily oxidized (rusted) by moisture, and is attacked by many corrosive agents. Symbol Fe (Latin Ferrum). Atomic number 26, atomic weight 55.847. Specific gravity, pure iron, 7.86; cast iron, 7.1. In magnetic properties, it is superior to all other substances.

Toolnoun

A machine for cutting or shaping materials; - also called machine tool.

Ironnoun

An instrument or utensil made of iron; - chiefly in composition; as, a flatiron, a smoothing iron, etc.

‘My young soldier, put up your iron.’;

Toolnoun

Hence, any instrument of use or service.

‘That angry fool . . . Whipping her horse, did with his smarting toolOft whip her dainty self.’;

Ironnoun

Fetters; chains; handcuffs; manacles.

‘Four of the sufferers were left to rot in irons.’;

Toolnoun

A weapon.

‘Him that is aghast of every tool.’;

Ironnoun

Strength; power; firmness; inflexibility; as, to rule with a rod of iron.

Toolnoun

A person used as an instrument by another person; - a word of reproach; as, men of intrigue have their tools, by whose agency they accomplish their purposes.

‘I was not made for a minion or a tool.’;

Ironnoun

An iron-headed club with a deep face, chiefly used in making approaches, lifting a ball over hazards, etc.

Toolverb

To shape, form, or finish with a tool.

Ironadjective

Of, or made of iron; consisting of iron; as, an iron bar, dust.

Toolverb

To drive, as a coach.

Ironadjective

Resembling iron in color; as, iron blackness.

Toolverb

To travel in a vehicle; to ride or drive.

‘Boys on their bicycles tooling along the well-kept roads.’;

Ironadjective

Like iron in hardness, strength, impenetrability, power of endurance, insensibility, etc.;

Toolnoun

an implement used in the practice of a vocation

Ironadjective

Rude; hard; harsh; severe.

‘Iron years of wars and dangers.’; ‘Jove crushed the nations with an iron rod.’;

Toolnoun

the means whereby some act is accomplished;

‘my greed was the instrument of my destruction’; ‘science has given us new tools to fight disease’;

Ironadjective

Firm; robust; enduring; as, an iron constitution.

Toolnoun

a person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else

Ironadjective

Inflexible; unrelenting; as, an iron will.

Toolnoun

obscene terms for penis

Ironadjective

Not to be broken; holding or binding fast; tenacious.

Toolverb

drive;

‘The convertible tooled down the street’;

Ironverb

To smooth with an instrument of iron; especially, to smooth, as cloth, with a heated flatiron; - sometimes used with out.

Toolverb

ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it;

‘We tooled down the street’;

Ironverb

To shackle with irons; to fetter or handcuff.

Toolverb

furnish with tools

Ironverb

To furnish or arm with iron; as, to iron a wagon.

Toolverb

work with a tool

Ironnoun

a heavy ductile magnetic metallic element; is silver-white in pure form but readily rusts; used in construction and tools and armament; plays a role in the transport of oxygen by the blood

Toolnoun

a device or implement, especially one held in the hand, used to carry out a particular function

‘gardening tools’;

Ironnoun

a golf club that has a relatively narrow metal head

Toolnoun

a thing used to help perform a job

‘computers are an essential tool’; ‘the ability to write clearly is a tool of the trade’;

Ironnoun

metal shackles; for hands or legs

Toolnoun

a person used or exploited by another

‘the beautiful Estella is Miss Havisham's tool’;

Ironnoun

implement used to brand live stock

Toolnoun

a piece of software that carries out a particular function, typically creating or modifying another program.

Ironnoun

home appliance consisting of a flat metal base that is heated and used to smooth cloth

Toolnoun

a distinct design in the tooling of a book.

Ironverb

press and smooth with a heated iron;

‘press your shirts’;

Toolnoun

a small stamp or roller used to make a tooled design.

Ironadjective

extremely robust;

‘an iron constitution’;

Toolnoun

a man's penis.

Iron

Iron () is a chemical element with symbol Fe (from Latin: ferrum) and atomic number 26. It is a metal that belongs to the first transition series and group 8 of the periodic table.

Toolnoun

a stupid, irritating, or contemptible man

‘that guy is such a tool’;

Toolverb

impress a design on (leather, especially a leather book cover)

‘volumes bound in green leather and tooled in gold’;

Toolverb

equip or be equipped with tools for industrial production

‘the factory must be tooled to produce the models’; ‘they were tooling up for production’;

Toolverb

be or become armed, especially for criminal activity

‘they were tooled up with baseball bats’;

Toolverb

drive or ride in a casual or leisurely manner

‘tooling around town in a pink Rolls-Royce’;

Toolverb

dress (stone) with a chisel.

Tool

A tool is an object that can extend an individual's ability to modify features of the surrounding environment. Although many animals use simple tools, only human beings, whose use of stone tools dates back hundreds of millennia, have been observed using tools to make other tools.