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ALL meanings of tone

tone
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  • noun tone a manner of speaking or writing that shows a certain attitude on the part of the speaker or writer, consisting in choice of words, phrasing, etc. 0
  • noun tone normal resilience or elasticity 0
  • noun tone the prevailing or predominant style, character, spirit, trend, morale, or state of morals of a place or period 0
  • noun tone distinctive style; elegance 0
  • noun tone a quality or value of color; tint; shade 0
  • noun tone any of the slight modifications of a particular color; hue 0
  • noun tone the relative height of pitch with which a syllable, word, etc. is pronounced 0
  • noun tone the relative height of pitch that is a phoneme of a language and distinguishes meaning, as in the tone languages 0
  • noun tone a sound that is distinct and identifiable by its regularity of vibration, or constant pitch (as distinguished from a noise), and that may be put into harmonic relation with other such sounds 0
  • noun tone the simple or fundamental tone of a musical sound as distinguished from its overtones 0
  • noun tone any one of the full intervals of a diatonic scale; whole step 0
  • noun tone any of several recitation melodies used in singing the psalms in plainsong 0
  • noun tone the effect produced by the combination of light, shade, and color 0
  • noun tone the condition of an organism, organ, or part with reference to its normal, healthy functioning 0
  • noun tone the normal tension, or resistance to stretch, of a healthy muscle, independent of that caused by voluntary innervation; tonus 0
  • verb transitive tone intone 0
  • verb transitive tone to give a tone to; specif., to give the proper or desired tone to (a musical instrument, a painting, etc.) 0
  • verb transitive tone to change the tone of 0
  • verb transitive tone to change or alter the color of (a print) by chemical means 0
  • intransitive verb tone to assume a tone 0
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