tone

1.the quality of a person's voice;

he began in a conversational tone

2.(linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages;

the Beijing dialect uses four tones

3.(music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound);

the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely

4.the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people;

the feel of the city excited him

5.a quality of a given color that differs slightly from a primary color;

after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted

6.a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound;

the singer held the note too long

7.a steady sound without overtones;

they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies

8.the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli;

the doctor tested my tonicity

9.a musical interval of two semitones

10. the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author;

the general tone of articles appearing in the newspapers is that the government should withdraw

1.utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically;

The students chanted the same slogan over and over again

2.of one's speech, varying the pitch

3.change the color or tone of;

tone a negative

4.change to a color image;

tone a photographic image

5.give a healthy elasticity to;

Let's tone our muscles