Main entry: shade, tincture, tint, tone
Definition: a quality of a given color that differs slightly from another color
Usage: after several trials he mixed the shade of pink that she wanted
Main entry: tone
Definition: (linguistics) a pitch or change in pitch of the voice that serves to distinguish words in tonal languages
Usage: the Beijing dialect uses four tones
Main entry: quality, timber, timbre, tone
Definition: (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)
Usage: the timbre of her soprano was rich and lovely; the muffled tones of the broken bell summoned them to meet
Main entry: tone
Definition: the quality of something (an act or a piece of writing) that reveals the attitudes and presuppositions of the author
Usage: 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
Definition: a steady sound without overtones
Usage: they tested his hearing with pure tones of different frequencies
Main entry: step, tone, whole step, whole tone
Definition: a musical interval of two semitones
Main entry: musical note, note, tone
Definition: a notation representing the pitch and duration of a musical sound
Usage: the singer held the note too long
Main entry: tone, tone of voice
Definition: the quality of a person's voice
Usage: he began in a conversational tone; he spoke in a nervous tone of voice
Main entry: look, feel, feeling, flavor, flavour, tone, smell, spirit
Definition: the general atmosphere of a place or situation and the effect that it has on people
Usage: the feel of the city excited him; a clergyman improved the tone of the meeting; it had the smell of treason
Main entry: tone, tonicity, tonus
Definition: the elastic tension of living muscles, arteries, etc. that facilitate response to stimuli
Usage: the doctor tested my tonicity
Main entry: tone, tone up, strengthen
Definition: give a healthy elasticity to
Usage: Let's tone our muscles
Main entry: tone
Definition: change to a color image
Usage: tone a photographic image
Main entry: tone
Definition: change the color or tone of
Usage: tone a negative
Main entry: tone, inflect, modulate
Definition: vary the pitch of one's speech
Main entry: chant, tone, intone
Definition: utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
Usage: The students chanted the same slogan over and over again