Sekirov Dictionary

tone

UK /ˈtəʊn/US /ˈtoʊn/

noun16

  1. A specific pitch.
  2. the way that someone speaks or writes that shows what they feel or think about something
  3. (figurative) The general character, atmosphere, mood, or vibe (of a situation, place, etc.).
  4. The shade or quality of a colour.
  5. The pitch of a word's sound that distinguishes a difference in meaning, as for example in Chinese.
  6. The character of a sound, especially the timbre of an instrument or voice.
  7. The definition and firmness of a muscle or organ; see also: tonus.
  8. The state of a living body or of any of its organs or parts in which the functions are healthy and performed with due vigor.
  9. Normal tension or responsiveness to stimuli.
  10. (figurative) The quality of being respectable or admirable.
  11. (in the diatonic scale) An interval of a major second.
  12. The favourable effect of a picture produced by the combination of light and shade, or of colours.
  13. (in a Gregorian chant) A recitational melody.
  14. (slang) a gun
  15. (old-fashioned) A whining style of speaking; a kind of mournful or artificial strain of voice; an affected speaking with a measured rhythm and a regular rise and fall of the voice.
  16. (no longer used) State of mind; temper; mood.

verb4

  1. to give a particular tone to
  2. to make (something) firmer
  3. to change the colour of
  4. to utter with an affected tone.

pronoun1

  1. (dialect) the one (of two)
forms

toned · toning · tones

Phrases with tone

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