tool
noun
an implement, especially one held in the hand, as a hammer, saw, or file, for performing or facilitating mechanical operations.
has tooled
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present perfectof tool (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Works Connection has tooled up to offer Engine Plugs for late model four-stroke bikes.
From Time Magazine Archive
The company has tooled up to produce as many as 400,000 Mavericks a year, and lacocca has suggested that he would be happy if sales in the first twelve months reached about 300,000.
From Time Magazine Archive
Rudyard Kipling, master of the terse, has tooled a brisk drypoint of the city in a few strokes.
From Fascinating San Francisco by Andrew Y. Wood
"Blanche has tooled my drag often enough before now."
From Beatrice Boville and Other Stories by Ouida
For example, a special division of LC has tooled up and thought through all the ramifications of electronic presentation of photographs.
From Library of Congress Workshop on Etexts by Library of Congress
