Results for tone
Definitions of tone:
part of speech: noun
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.
part of speech: verb transitive
To bring to a required shade or color.
part of speech: verb intransitive
To harmonize in color; as, the wall paper tones with the curtains.
part of speech: present participle
Toning.
part of speech: verb transitive
To utter with an affected tone: to intone.
part of speech: verb
To utter in an affected tone; to tune.
part of speech: noun
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.
part of speech: past tense, past participle
part of speech: noun
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.
Usage examples for tone:
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There was greeting in the tone
"Max", Katherine Cecil Thurston -
" Ay, she will," said more than one, in an earnest tone
"Ten Thousand a-Year. Volume 1.", Samuel Warren -
" Yes, father," I replied, in a tone which made him laugh.
"The Big Otter", R.M. Ballantyne -
The woman's voice rose sharply in a tone of command.
"Daughters of Doom", Herbert B. Livingston