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of one's speech, varying the pitch

a musical interval of two semitones

give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"

(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"

the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author; "the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome"

the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"

the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"

change to a color image; "tone a photographic image"

change the color or tone of; "tone a negative"

of one's speech, varying the pitch

the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"

a musical interval of two semitones

give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles"

change the color or tone of

(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"

the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"

the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"

Quality, with respect to attendant feeling; the more or less variable complex of emotion accompanying and characterizing a sensation or a conceptual state; as, feeling tone; color tone.

The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture.

Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.

A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone.

A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.

The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone.

The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.

A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.

That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.

Tonicity; as, arterial tone.

State of mind; temper; mood.

Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.

General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners.

To utter with an affected tone.

To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t.

To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment.

The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; - commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone.

Color quality proper; - called also hue. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade.

Quality, with respect to attendant feeling; the more or less variable complex of emotion accompanying and characterizing a sensation or a conceptual state; as, feeling tone; color tone.

The condition of normal balance of a healthy plant in its relations to light, heat, and moisture.

Sound, or the character of a sound, or a sound considered as of this or that character; as, a low, high, loud, grave, acute, sweet, or harsh tone.

Accent, or inflection or modulation of the voice, as adapted to express emotion or passion.

A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm ahd a regular rise and fall of the voice; as, children often read with a tone.

A sound considered as to pitch; as, the seven tones of the octave; she has good high tones.

The larger kind of interval between contiguous sounds in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone as, a whole tone too flat; raise it a tone.

The peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument; as, a rich tone, a reedy tone.

A mode or tune or plain chant; as, the Gregorian tones.

That state of a body, or of any of its organs or parts, in which the animal functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.

Tonicity; as, arterial tone.

State of mind; temper; mood.

Tenor; character; spirit; drift; as, the tone of his remarks was commendatory.

General or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment, in reference to a scale of high and low; as, a low tone of morals; a tone of elevated sentiment; a courtly tone of manners.

To utter with an affected tone.

To give tone, or a particular tone, to; to tune. See Tune, v. t.

To bring, as a print, to a certain required shade of color, as by chemical treatment.

The general effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, together with color in the case of a painting; - commonly used in a favorable sense; as, this picture has tone.

Color quality proper; - called also hue. Also, a gradation of color, either a hue, or a tint or shade.

Sound, or quality of sound; note; accent; key; quality of the voice; as, a high tone; interval between two successive whole sound-steps in the major scale; opposite to semitone; condition of the body; as, a healthy tone; the quality and harmony of the colors of a painting; a hue, tint, or shade of color, etc.; as, a brown tone; the general character or tenedncy; as, the tone of the rebuke made it acceptable; the sound of the voice as expressive of feeling; as, there was contempt in her tone.

To bring to a required shade or color.

To harmonize in color; as, the wall paper tones with the curtains.

Toned.

Toning.

1. A musical sound. 2. The character of the voice expressing an emotion. 3. Firmness of the tissues; normal functioning of all the organs; strength.

The character of a sound: quality of the voice: harmony of the colors of a painting, also its characteristic expression as distinguished by its color: character or style: state of mind: mood: a healthy state of the body.

To utter with an affected tone: to intone.

Sound; strength or quality of sound; prevailing color; character or style; mood; healthy vigor.

To give a tone to.

To give tone to; modify in tone; tune.

A sound having a definite pitch; characteristic sound, as of a voice.

A mood.

Characteristic style.

Vocal inflection; mode of utterance.

Sound, or a modification of sound; a particular inflection of the voice as modified by the feelings or passions; the particular sound of the voice in speaking or reading; the state of the body in regard to the healthy performance of its animal functions; in music, an interval of sound; in paint., the harmony of the colours of a picture in light and shade.

To utter in an affected tone; to tune.

Normal degree of vigor and tension.

A distinct definite sound; also the character or quality of a sound.

The normal state of tension in healthy tissue; in physiology, the normal state of partial contraction of the arteries and muscles.

n. [Latin, Greek] Sound, or the character of a sound; a particular modification of a sound ; note, either grave or acute ;-any impulse or vibration of the air perceptible by the ear;-an accented sound ; an inflection or modulation of the voice;-in music, a sound considered as to pitch;-the larger kind of interval in the diatonic scale, the smaller being called a semitone;-the peculiar quality of sound in any voice or instrument :-healthy and vigorous state of the body or of its organs ;-state of mind; temper; mood;-tenor; spirit;-general or prevailing character or style, as of morals, manners, or sentiment ;-in painting, harmonious relation of colours in light and shade.