transitive. To vary the tone, pitch, or strength of (one's voice, a note, etc.); to vary or inflect in tone; to give tune or melody to, to adapt to…

transitive. To produce in or by quivering; to utter or give out in a trembling voice.

transitive. To impart a tone to (in various senses of the noun); to modify, regulate, or adjust the tone or quality of; to give physical or mental…

To modulate (the voice); spec. in Music, to flatten or sharpen (a note) by a chromatic semitone.

To impart a tang or twang to.