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31tone up — verb give a healthy elasticity to Let s tone our muscles • Syn: ↑tone, ↑strengthen • Derivationally related forms: ↑tone (for: ↑tone) • Hypernyms …
32tone*/ — [təʊn] noun I 1) [C/U] the sound of someone s voice that shows what they are feeling His tone was angry.[/ex] ‘Really? Simone said in a disbelieving tone of voice.[/ex] 2) [singular/U] the general character of something The positive tone of the… …
33tone — Synonyms and related words: French pitch, Munsell chroma, Zeitgeist, accent, accidental, achromatism, action, actions, activity, acts, adaptability, address, affect, affectation, air, algorithm, anagnorisis, angle, apply paint, approach,… …
34tone — noun 1》 a musical or vocal sound with reference to its pitch, quality, and strength. ↘a musical note, warble, or other sound used as a signal on a telephone or answering machine. 2》 a modulation of the voice expressing a feeling or mood. 3》… …
35tone — {{11}}tone (n.) mid 14c., from O.Fr. ton (13c.), from L. tonus a sound, tone, accent, lit. stretching (in M.L., a term peculiar to music), from Gk. tonos vocal pitch, raising of voice, accent, key in music, originally a stretching, taut string,… …
36tone — 1. noun /təʊn,toʊn/ a) A specific pitch. b) (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second. See Also: atonal, tonal, diatonic …
37tone — n 1. sound, noise, note, voice, sonance; pitch, frequency. 2. timbre, tonality, tone color, tone quality, sound quality, color, coloring, Music. clang color or tint, Music, Ger. Klangfarbe; ring, clang, resonance; sonority, sonorousness, richness …
38tone in — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms tone in : present tense I/you/we/they tone in he/she/it tones in present participle toning in past tense toned in past participle toned in British same as tone II, 2) tone in with: The curtains tone in… …
39tone — 1. A musical sound. 2. The character of the voice expressing an emotion. 3. The tension present in resting muscles. 4. Firmness of the tissues; normal functioning of all the organs. 5. To perform toning. [G. tonos, t., or a t.] affective t …
40tone — noun 1) the tone of the tuba Syn: timbre, sound, sound quality, voice, voice quality, color, tonality 2) the somewhat impatient tone of his letter Syn: mood, air, spirit, feel, sound …
