Tone (t n), (Theobold) Wolfe 1763-1798. Irish nationalist who helped secure Parliament's passage of the Catholic Relief Act of 1793 and planned a French invasion of Ireland (1796). |
| tone (tn) n. 1. Music a. A sound of distinct pitch, quality, and duration; a note. b. The interval of a major second in the diatonic scale; a whole step. c. A recitational melody in a Gregorian chant. 2. a. The quality or character of sound. b. The characteristic quality or timbre of a particular instrument or voice. 3. a. The pitch of a word used to determine its meaning or to distinguish differences in meaning. b. The particular or relative pitch of a word, phrase, or sentence. 4. Manner of expression in speech or writing: took an angry tone with the reporters. 5. A general quality, effect, or atmosphere: a room with an elegant tone. 6. a. A color or shade of color: light tones of blue. b. Quality of color: The green wallpaper had a particularly somber tone. 7. The general effect in painting of light, color, and shade. 8. Physiology a. The normal state of elastic tension or partial contraction in resting muscles. b. Normal firmness of a tissue or an organ. v. toned, ton·ing, tones v.tr. 1. To give a particular tone or inflection to. 2. To soften or change the color of (a painting or photographic negative, for example). 3. To sound monotonously; intone. 4. To make firmer or stronger. Often used with up: exercises that tone up the body. v.intr. Phrasal Verb: 1. To assume a particular color quality. 2. To harmonize in color. tone down To make less vivid, harsh, or violent; moderate. [Middle English ton, from Old French, from Latin tonus, from Greek tonos, string, a stretching; see ten- in Indo-European roots.] |
tone
Noun
1. sound with reference to its pitch, timbre, or volume
2. US & Canad same as note (sense 6)
3. Music an interval of two semitones, such as that between doh and ray in tonic sol-fa
4. the quality or character of a sound: her tone was angry
5. general aspect, quality, or style: the tone of the conversation made him queasy
6. high quality or style: my car with its patches of rust lowered the tone of the neighbourhood
7. the quality of a given colour, as modified by mixture with white or black; shade or tint
8. Physiol the natural firmness of the tissues and normal functioning of bodily organs in health
Verb
[toning, toned]
1. to be of a matching or similar tone
2. to give a tone to or correct the tone of [Greek tonos]
toneless adj
tonelessly adv
tonelessly adv
Each distinguishable shade variation from black to white on imagery.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  tone - the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"manner of speaking, delivery, speech - your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech" note - a tone of voice that shows what the speaker is feeling; "there was a note of uncertainty in his voice" roundness, rotundity - the fullness of a tone of voice; "there is a musky roundness to his wordiness" undertone - a quiet or hushed tone of voice; "spoke in undertones" |
| 2. |  tone - (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages; "the Beijing dialect uses four tones"pitch - the property of sound that varies with variation in the frequency of vibration linguistics - the scientific study of language | |
| 3. |  tone - (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound); "the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely"; "the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet"sound property - an attribute of sound harmonic - any of a series of musical tones whose frequencies are integral multiples of the frequency of a fundamental resonance - the quality imparted to voiced speech sounds by the action of the resonating chambers of the throat and mouth and nasal cavities coloration, colouration, color, colour - the timbre of a musical sound; "the recording fails to capture the true color of the original music" nasality - a quality of the voice that is produced by nasal resonators plangency, reverberance, sonority, sonorousness, vibrancy, ringing, resonance - having the character of a loud deep sound; the quality of being resonant register - (music) the timbre that is characteristic of a certain range and manner of production of the human voice or of different pipe organ stops or of different musical instruments music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner | |
| 4. |  tone - the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people; "the feel of the city excited him"; "a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting"; "it had the smell of treason"ambiance, ambience, atmosphere - a particular environment or surrounding influence; "there was an atmosphere of excitement" Hollywood - a flashy vulgar tone or atmosphere believed to be characteristic of the American film industry; "some people in publishing think of theirs as a glamorous medium so they copy the glitter of Hollywood" Zeitgeist - the spirit of the time; the spirit characteristic of an age or generation | |
| 5. |  tone - a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color; "after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted"color, coloring, colouring, colour - a visual attribute of things that results from the light they emit or transmit or reflect; "a white color is made up of many different wavelengths of light" mellowness - a soft shade of a color; "a mellowness of light and shade not attainable in marble" richness - a strong deep vividness of hue; "the fire-light gave a richness of coloring to that side of the room" | |
| 6. |  tone - a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound; "the singer held the note too long"musical notation - (music) notation used by musicians musical scale, scale - (music) a series of notes differing in pitch according to a specific scheme (usually within an octave) supertonic - (music) the second note of a diatonic scale mediant - (music) the third note of a diatonic scale; midway between the tonic and the dominant subdominant - (music) the fourth note of the diatonic scale dominant - (music) the fifth note of the diatonic scale submediant - (music) the sixth note of a major or minor scale (or the third below the tonic) leading tone, subtonic - (music) the seventh note of the diatonic scale pedal, pedal point - a sustained bass note middle C - the note designated by the first ledger line below the treble staff; 261.63 hertz chord - a combination of three or more notes that blend harmoniously when sounded together passing note, passing tone - a nonharmonic note inserted for transition between harmonic notes semibreve, whole note - a musical note having the longest time value (equal to four beats in common time) quarter note, crotchet - a musical note having the time value of a quarter of a whole note eighth note, quaver - a musical note having the time value of an eighth of a whole note semiquaver, sixteenth note - a musical note having the time value of a sixteenth of a whole note demisemiquaver, thirty-second note - a musical note having the time value of a thirty-second of a whole note hemidemisemiquaver, sixty-fourth note - a musical note having the time value of a sixty-fourth of a whole note blue note - a flattened third or seventh monotone - a single tone repeated with different words or different rhythms (especially in rendering liturgical texts) | |
| 7. | tone - a steady sound without overtones; "they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies" auditory sensation, sound - the subjective sensation of hearing something; "he strained to hear the faint sounds" harmonic - a tone that is a component of a complex sound | |
| 8. |  tone - the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli; "the doctor tested my tonicity"muscular tissue, muscle - animal tissue consisting predominantly of contractile cells tautness, tenseness, tensity, tension - the physical condition of being stretched or strained; "it places great tension on the leg muscles"; "he could feel the tenseness of her body" catatonia - extreme tonus; muscular rigidity; a common symptom in catatonic schizophrenia muscle tone, muscular tonus - normal tonicity of the muscles; "exercise improves muscle tone" myotonia - abnormally long muscular contractions; slow relaxation of a muscle after a contraction | |
| 9. | tone - a musical interval of two semitones musical interval, interval - the difference in pitch between two notes | |
| 10. | tone - 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"; "from the tone of her behavior I gathered that I had outstayed my welcome" quality - an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained"--Shakespeare | |
| Verb | 1. | tone - utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" |
| 2. | tone - vary the pitch of one's speech | |
| 3. | tone - change the color or tone of; "tone a negative" | |
| 4. | tone - change to a color image; "tone a photographic image" | |
| 5. |  tone - give a healthy elasticity to; "Let's tone our muscles" |
tone
noun 1. pitch, stress, volume, accent, force, strength, emphasis, inflection, intonation, timbre, modulation, tonality
noun 3. character, style, approach, feel, air, effect, note, quality, spirit, attitude, aspect, frame, manner, mood, drift, grain, temper, vein, tenor
tone something down
1. moderate, temper, soften, restrain, subdue, play down, dampen, mitigate, modulate, soft-pedal (informal)
tone something up get into condition, trim, shape up, freshen, tune up, sharpen up, limber up, invigorate, get in shape
Translations
tone [təun] n → ton m [of radio], (Brit) (Tel) → tonalité f
vi (also: tone in) → s'harmoniser
tone up vt [+ muscles] → tonifier
tone [təun] n → Ton m
vi (also: tone in) [colours] → (farblich) passen
tone down tone vt (also fig) → abschwächen
tone up tone vt [+ muscles] → kräftigen
tone [təun] n → tono; [of musical instrument] → timbro
vi → intonarsi
tone down vt [+ colour, criticism, sound] → attenuare
tone up vt [+ muscles] → tonificare
n tone [təun]
1 (the quality of) a sound, especially a voice He spoke in a low/angry/gentle tone; He told me about it in tones of disapproval; That singer/violin/piano has very good tone. toon نَغْمَه، طَنين тон tón, zvuk tone der Ton τόνος, ήχος tono toon, kõla صدا äänensävy ton נִימָה तान ton, boja glasa hang; tónus suara tónn tono 声の調子 음조, 어조 tonas tonis nada toon klang, tone(fall) ton tom ton, timbru тон; тембр tón, zvuk ton ton ton, tonfall คุณภาพของเสียง ton (ses) 音調，語調 тон آواز giọng 音调，语调
2 a shade of colour various tones of green. skakering دَرَجَة اللوْن цвят tón tone; nuance der Farbton απόχρωση tono värvitoon رنگ؛ ته رنگ värisävy ton גָווָן स्वर-शैली ton boje (szín)árnyalat sifat litbrigði, tónn tono 色合 색조 atspalvis tonis; nokrāsa warna tint nyanse, fargetone odcień tom ton, nuanţă оттенок tón odtenek ton []ton เฉดสี ton (renk) 色調 тон, відтінок رنگ کا سايہ màu nhạt 色调
3 firmness of body or muscle Your muscles lack tone – you need exercise. tonus, styfheid صَلابَه здравина tonus styrke die Spannkraft μυϊκός τόνος tono pingus کشیدگی طبیعی jäntevyys tonus טוֹנוּס आवाज tonus, napetost tónus (izmoké stb.) kekekaran gott líkamlegt ástand tono 健康な状態 건강 상태 stangrumas tonuss kepejalan tonus (muskel)tonus elastyczność tónus tonus тонус tonus tonus tonus spänst ความตึงตัวของกล้ามเนื้อหรืออวัยวะอื่น ๆ ในร่างกาย güç, beden sağlığı 肌體的結實度 тонус; сила بدن و عضلات کي سختي sự chắc cơ 肌体的结实度
4 in music, one of the larger intervals in an octave eg between C and D. toon طَبقَة الصَّوْت цял тон tón heltone der (Ganz-)Ton τόνος (μουσ.) tono toon, suur sekund نت kokosävelaskel ton טוֹן रंग ton egész hang nada heiltónn tono 楽音 온음정 tonacija tonis ton toon heltone ton tom ton тон tón ton ton helton ระดับเสียง ton, aralık 全音程 тон مثمن اشعار ميں بڑا وقفہ quãng trường 全音程
v
to fit in well; to blend The brown sofa tones (in) well with the walls. vermeng, meng in يَنْسَجِم مَع сливам се ladit (s) harmonere harmonisieren εναρμονίζομαι, ταιριάζω, δένω combinar, hacer juego, ir bien juntos sobima جور بودن؛ خوردن به sointua s'harmoniser (avec) לְהִשתַלֵב עִם- बढ़ाना slagati se, uklopiti se színben összeillik serasi fara (vel) við intonarsi 調和する 조화되다 derėti harmonēt; pieskaņoties; iederēties padan benar kleuren bij stå til, passe/harmonisere med harmonizować combinar a se potrivi (cu) гармонировать ladiť (s) ujemati se uklapati se gå ton i ton, harmoniera ปรับสีให้กลมกลืน rengi uygun düşmek 顏色和諧 гармоніювати ہم آہنگ کرنا، ترکيب دينا phù hợp 颜色和谐
adj tonal
of musical tones. tonaal نَغَمي тонален tónový; tonální tone- Ton-... τονικός tonal kõla- آهنگی sointi- tonal טוֹנָלִי स्वर संबंधी tonski, tonalan hang-; tonális nada musik tóntegunda- tonale, di tono 音色の 음조의 tonalus tonāls nada tonaal tonal tonalny tonal tonal тональный tónový; tonálny tonski tonski tonal, ton- เกี่ยวกับระดับเสียง ses perdesine/tonuna ait 音調的 тональний موسيقي کي آواز سے متعلق (thuộc) giọng 音调的
adj toneless
without tone; with no variation in sound etc She spoke in a toneless voice. toonloos بِدون تَنويع في النَّغَمَه الصَّوْتِيَّه безизразен nezvučný tonløs tonlos άτονος monótono kõlatu بی روح؛ بی حالت väritön atone חֲסַר צְלִיל सुररहित, तान रहित bezvučan, monoton hangtalan; színtelen datar áherslulaus monotono 単調な 단조로운 monotoniškas neskanīgs; neizteiksmīgs tdk bernada toonloos tonløs, monoton matowy, bezbarwny monótono inexpresiv монотонный nezvučný brezbarven bezizražajan entonig, klanglös ปราศจากเสียง tekdüze, perdesiz, monoton 單調的 невиразний بے آواز، بے سر thiếu sinh khí, không có độ rung 单调的
adv tonelessly
toonloos عَدَم التَّنْويع في النَّغَمَه الصَّوْتِيَّه безизразно bezvýrazně tonløst tonlos άτονα monótonamente kõlatult با لحن سرد värittömästi sans timbre בְּחוֹסֵר צְלִיל तानविहिनता से, नीरसतापूर्वक bezvučno, monotono hangtalanul; színtelenül secara datar áherslulaust in maniera monotona 単調に 단조롭게 monotoniškai neskanīgi; neizteiksmīgi tanpa nada toonloos tonløst, monotont matowym głosem, matowo monotonamente inexpresiv монотонно bezvýrazne brezbarvno bezizražajno entonigt, klanglöst อย่างปราศจากเสียง monoton bir şekilde 單調地 невиразно بے سري سے، بے آواز yếu, thiếu sinh khí 单调地
tone down
to make or become softer, less harsh etc He toned down some of his criticisms. minder erg maak يُخَفِّف النَّغَمَه намалявам силата на zmírnit, změkčit nedtone; mildne mildern μαλακώνω, μετριάζω reducir, suavizar pehmendama, mahenema از شدت چیزی کاستن lieventää (s')atténuer, (s')adoucir לְהַחֲלִיש मन्द होना ublažiti, umekšati letompít memperlunak draga úr, milda attenuare 和らげる 부드럽게 하다; 부드러워지다 sušvelninti, sušvelnėti notušēt; mīkstināt melembutkan verzachten tone ned, dempe, svekke łagodzić, łagodnieć abrandar a (se) îndulci; a (se) potoli смягчать(ся) zmierniť ublažiti (se) ublažiti tona ner ทำให้หรือกลายเป็นอ่อนนุ่มขึ้น yumuşatmak 緩和 пом'якшувати نرم کرنا، دھيما کرنا giảm âm độ 缓和
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