tone
/tōn/
noun
- a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength."the piano tone appears monochrome or lacking in warmth"synonyms: timbre, sound, sound quality, voice, voice quality, color, tone color, tonality, resonance, ring
- the general character or attitude of a place, piece of writing, situation, etc."my friend and I lowered the tone with our oafish ways"synonyms: mood, quality, feel, style, note, air, attitude, character, spirit, flavor, grain, temper, humor, effect, tenor, vein, drift, gist
- a basic interval in classical Western music, equal to two semitones and separating, for example, the first and second notes of an ordinary scale (such as C and D, or E and F sharp); a major second or whole step."the B flat clarinet's part is written one tone higher than the pitch required"
- the particular quality of brightness, deepness, or hue of a tint or shade of a color."stained glass in vivid tones of red and blue"synonyms: harmonize, go, go well, blend, fit, coordinate, team, accord, match, suit, complement, tint, shade, color, hue, tinge, cast, tincture
- (in some languages, such as Chinese) a particular pitch pattern on a syllable used to make semantic distinctions.
- the normal level of firmness or slight contraction in a resting muscle."a reduction of muscle tone"
verb
- give greater strength or firmness to (the body or a muscle)."push-ups help tone your abs"
- give (a monochrome picture) an altered color in finishing by means of a chemical solution."it's a good idea to sepia tone the whole print first"
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4 days ago · The meaning of TONE is vocal or musical sound of a specific quality; especially : musical sound with respect to timbre and manner of ...
verb phrase. to harmonize in tone or coloring; blend: The painting tones with the room. ... to gain or cause to gain in tone or strength: toning up little-used ...
Tone is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning—that is, to distinguish or to inflect words. All oral languages use pitch ...
a quality in the voice that expresses the speaker's feelings or thoughts, often toward the person being spoken to: tone of voice ...
A tone is the kind of sound you hear in a musical note, or in a person's voice live or in writing. A newspaper article should be objective, but a poem can bring ...