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ενεργούμενο — meaning in English

energoumeno

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English meaning

  • instrument noun A tool, especially a precise one used for measuring, medical work, or scientific tasks.
  • pawn verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
  • tool noun A physical device used to carry out a task, especially one held in the hand.

Senses

ενεργούμενο is used for these senses in English:

  • energumen A person possessed by an evil ghost, spirit, or entity.
  • instrument (figuratively) A person used as a mere tool for achieving a goal.
  • pawn (idiomatic) A person being manipulated by another, being used to some end.
  • tool A person or group which is used or controlled, usually unwittingly, by another person or group, a pawn.

instrument — full definition

  1. noun A tool, especially a precise one used for measuring, medical work, or scientific tasks.
  2. noun A device used to produce music.
  3. noun A person or thing used to achieve a particular purpose, often by someone else.

pawn — full definition

  1. verb To leave an item with a pawnbroker as security in exchange for money.
  2. noun The least valuable chess piece, which moves forward and captures diagonally.
  3. noun A person being used or manipulated by someone more powerful, for their own ends.
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