1. The quality of a person's voice
   "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice"
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1. Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically
   - chant, intone 
2. Vary the pitch of one's speech
   - inflect, modulate 
3. Change the colour or tone of
   "tone a negative" 
4. Change to a colour image
   "tone a photographic image" 
5. Give a healthy elasticity to
   "Let's tone our muscles"
   - tone up, strengthen

Derived forms: tones, toned, toning

See also: intonate, isotonic, tonal, toner, tonic

Type of: ambiance, ambience, atmosphere, auditory sensation, color [US], color in [US], coloring [US], colorise [Brit], colorize [US], colour [Brit, Cdn], colour in [Brit, Cdn], colouring [Brit, Cdn], colourise [Brit], colourize [Brit, Cdn], delivery, discolor [US], discolour [Brit, Cdn], exercise, interval, manner of speaking, mouth, musical interval, musical notation, pitch, quality, sound, sound property, speak, speech, talk, tautness, tenseness, tension, tensity, utter, verbalise [Brit], verbalize, work out

Part of: musical scale, scale

Encyclopedia: Tone Tone, Gunma Tone, Ibaraki

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