tone

Sense 1 noun

the quality of a person's voice

he began in a conversational tone

Sense 2 verb

utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically

The students chanted the same slogan over and over again

Sense 3 noun

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

the Beijing dialect uses four tones

Sense 4 verb

vary the pitch of one's speech

Sense 5 noun

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

the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely

Sense 6 verb

change the color or tone of

tone a negative

Sense 7 noun

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

the feel of the city excited him

Sense 8 verb

change to a color image

tone a photographic image

Sense 9 noun

a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color

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

Sense 10 verb

give a healthy elasticity to

Let's tone our muscles

Sense 11 noun

a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound

the singer held the note too long

Sense 12 noun

a steady sound without overtones

they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies

Sense 13 noun

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

the doctor tested my tonicity

Sense 14 noun

a musical interval of two semitones

Sense 15 noun

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